installing ssApp.apz

S

ShemHaMephorash

New Member
first of all thank you all for the support and the continuous update.
the LL store is an amazing idea , my problem is slow internet
so i went to lastos.org / https://lastos.org/Underwarez/
and downloaded the file manually https://lastos.org/Underwarez/Microsoft.Office.2021_v16.0.14332.20324_Win10_x86_ssApp.apz
and when i double clicked it , the installer didn't install it ,
my question is : where does the LL store download files ( the path ) before installing them ? i want to know the path so as to copy the apz file there and install it from inside the LL store . thank you so much
keep up the great work . God bless
 
In Linux it goes to ~/zLastOSRepository in windows it goes to C:\Users\User\zLastOSRepository\, but the other method is to right click the item in LLStore and pick "Open Item Location" at the bottom (This will go straight to the installer file to copy out etc).

The apz version of MS Office takes (on a HDD) about 3 to 4 minutes to extract) and then it starts installing.

You can put apps onto ANY drive (USB or internal) into the following folders:

X:\ssAppsInstalls\
X:\ppAppsInstalls\
X:\ppGamesInstalls\
X:\LLAppsInstalls\

Any apz pgz app ppg files found in these folders will be added the next time you run LLStore (or ssWPI for all but the LLAppsInstalls which it doesn't support). Holding shift when you run LLStore will force it to rescan all paths for items instead of using the cache databases - or pressing F5 once it's loaded will also force a rescan - or you can pick it from the context menu (right clicking an item).

I did have a few issues with some versions of windows not allowing LLStore to install .apz, but I've never had a LastOS fail to - it was caused by Windows Defender.

I have a USB M.2 enclosure with a 500gb in it, I put all my apps into their folders, I have a 10TB HDD with all the games on it and only the very best ones that are reasonably sized on the USB one to install.

Another trick the LLStore can do is be ran in Launcher Mode and it will test the parent path (./LLStore) for a ./ppGames or ./LLGames folder, this allows playing the games directly off the drive, so you can have the USB disk with all the games and you can run them from the Launcher without having to install them all.


If you are still having issues with installing office, you can use 7zip to open the .apz files (they are just 7z compresed files), or better yet, just right click Microsoft.Office.2021_v16.0.14332.20324_Win10_x86_ssApp.apz and pick Extract to *, it will pre-extract the .apz files to a folder, this folder can be put into the X:\ssAppsInstalls\ folder and will be used instead of the .apz file, this will get rid of the 4 minutes extracting to the %TEMP% folder on your C: drive. You can also just go into the extracted folder and double click the .app file to cause it to install, I have had Office 2021 mis-behave on me due to the PC needing to be restarted or if a conflicting version of office is already installed.

Hopefully you sort it all out and build your USB drive with the big things pre extracted so you can install your PC's quickly and easily.

Thank you for taking the time to figure out how we do things here at LastOS. I have missed people being excited by it all - even though I know it's saved me thousands of hours, it's not the same for me than saving other thousands of hours and enough respect earned for a simple post like you have done. I always share my work publicly as I am just trying to help things progress, I understand that most people don't get time to be excited by OS modding etc and I found what works (have done since Windows 7) so I have no intention of changing how I do it all now, so people got bored. But at the end of the day - I do it all to make my own PC installs happen the way I want - which is why LastOSLinux was made as soon as I decided Windows 11+ will never have my time given, it doesn't bring me excitement or joy - just fear and frustration.

I know you have slower internet, so just ask if you need anything specific done to help you out. I don't mind, it was how I found good programs/games originally - back when LastOS got hundreds of posts a week over all the different release sites.
 
Wow, I'll give it a run through and see how it goes, if it all works out well I might be able to make it work through LLStore, then we can install Office 365 from the store, or like you said, pre include it, That along with the Adobe Photoshop and Affinity, makes it pretty damn useful.
 
I can't get it to run, I tried to get it to work and it's complaining about wine32 being missing. I'll try again, but it's not playing nice :)
 
www.mediafire.com

Microsoft.Office.365_v1.03_x64+x86_LLApp

MediaFire is a simple to use free service that lets you put all your photos, documents, music, and video in a single place so you can access them anywhere and share them everywhere.
www.mediafire.com

You must update to the new LLStore, I found a glitch that it wouldn't run the sudo script if it included a LLApp.tar.gz, it's now fixed so use LLStore v11.1007 and now it does work, else extract the archive and copy the LLScript_Sudo.sh to ~/LLApps/Microsoft_Office_365 and run the LLApp.app from that folder to make it function if using an older version.

I managed to run Word, Publisher, Outlook, Excel, I've not tried the rest but assume they work, let me know if you try this. I did make it work with any Distro, but it's only tested in Linux Mint at this stage, so the more people who test it the better.
 
Outlook doesn't let me sign in, not sure if the rest will or that others will have the same issue or what, just sharing what I found.

I think the VBS side of Access is also broken, as it seems to fail loading the template I tried.

So it's not a 1 to 1 solution, but is still useful to some people (I prefer onlyoffice now days anyway)
 
Last edited:
Glenn said:
www.mediafire.com

Microsoft.Office.365_v1.03_x64+x86_LLApp

MediaFire is a simple to use free service that lets you put all your photos, documents, music, and video in a single place so you can access them anywhere and share them everywhere.
www.mediafire.com

You must update to the new LLStore, I found a glitch that it wouldn't run the sudo script if it included a LLApp.tar.gz, it's now fixed so use LLStore v11.1007 and now it does work, else extract the archive and copy the LLScript_Sudo.sh to ~/LLApps/Microsoft_Office_365 and run the LLApp.app from that folder to make it function if using an older version.

I managed to run Word, Publisher, Outlook, Excel, I've not tried the rest but assume they work, let me know if you try this. I did make it work with any Distro, but it's only tested in Linux Mint at this stage, so the more people who test it the better.
Click to expand...
thank you for making it possible and for improving the perfect Linux distro
the office installed and worked smoothly .
from what i understood is that the script uses a modified build of wine called ( winecx ) which uses stoff from CrossOver . my question is
the main wine installed on LastOSLiunux is different . the office apps are appearing too tiny , and when i want to configure the graphic scale in wine config , it doesn't affect it cuz it deals with winecx
another question , how can i add language pack inside the office ? is it possible to add language pack manually without the windows installer ?
thank you
 
sorry that is beyond my current knowledge... I only just got the office scripts when you shared them. my guess is an ai chat bot will tell us how to use the ~/.Microsoft_Office_365 wine prefix to set the scaling for the office preset. not sure how office adds languages as i have only used english.
 
Last edited:
*** Doesn't work, must be English:

To change the language go into the File menu, press options down the bottom, find langauges and pick the one you want, it will download the .exe

Go into the download folder and set it executable by right click properties. then open a terminal and run

WINEPREFIX=~/.Microsoft_Office_365 ~/Downloads/OfficeSetup.exe

This will download and try to install that language pack for you but get to 3/4 installed and fail. I don't know how to work around the issue sorry.
 
you can change the options in the file menu to make it grey instead of bright white, I haven't made a way to switch it to dark mode, but do know how to, I am happy enough with grey for now though as it's not really feature complete enough to bother refining it yet, I am sure it'll improve over time though.
 
You may need to reboot your computer or run from terminal

WINEPREFIX=~/.Microsoft_Office_365 wineserver -k

Then you can use the following LLStore items to adjust the DPI of Microsoft Office 365:

192PPI:

96DPI: (Default)

-EDIT-

* Actually I just added that command to the script, so you should be right to run it to change the DPI, but it WILL close All Office apps!
 
Glenn said:
You may need to reboot your computer or run from terminal

WINEPREFIX=~/.Microsoft_Office_365 wineserver -k

Then you can use the following LLStore items to adjust the DPI of Microsoft Office 365:

192PPI:

96DPI: (Default)

-EDIT-

* Actually I just added that command to the script, so you should be right to run it to change the DPI, but it WILL close All Office apps!
Click to expand...
thank you so much , it worked . i asked the AI as you recommended to give me steps to add another language pack , but it kept failing cuz when the file executed it contacted Microsoft servers and it showed error that my OS is too old , then tried another way to bypass the microsoft server , manually deploy the language pack , this also failed . then i downloaded another ms office in different language , extracted the .data and looked for files that has to do with language , copied them to the location where the MS office installed , it worked , but a message popped up telling me this is not licenced . then i decided to start all over again with clean install , reinstalled your perfect linux and i am on it
 
Glenn said:
*** Doesn't work, must be English:

To change the language go into the File menu, press options down the bottom, find langauges and pick the one you want, it will download the .exe

Go into the download folder and set it executable by right click properties. then open a terminal and run

WINEPREFIX=~/.Microsoft_Office_365 ~/Downloads/OfficeSetup.exe

This will download and try to install that language pack for you but get to 3/4 installed and fail. I don't know how to work around the issue sorry.
Click to expand...
hello dear friend , how to make winecx the one installed during installing MS office the default wine app since it has all the required files to run .exe smoothly? or can i merge it with the default wine ? thank you
 
rename ~/wine to ~/wine.backup

rename ~/.Microsoft_Office_365 to ~/.wine

Then you'll need to update the shortcuts (I am not sure where they are by default yet, but you can make new ones to
/home/glenn/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Microsoft Office/root/Office16/WINWORD.EXE for example and it'll run with the path changed.

That said, I just did it at it is NO GOOD for games, it changed the resolution to 640x480 to Bejeweled Delux and then crashed the game, leaving my OS stuck to an unusable desktop resolution, I had to press Ctrl Alt + T and type:

xrandr --output HDMI-0 --mode 1920x1080

just to get it usable again.

So it is NOT worth combining Office WINE with the built in one, it is a patched version of wine it uses and it it NOT game friendly and I am sure some apps will also crash more often too with it having modified dll's etc.

I'll be going to rename my .wine backup back as it isn't good.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top