Re: [opensuse] libreoffice help

On 2018-04-30 03:44, Knurpht @ openSUSE wrote:

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On 04/29/2018 05:51 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* don fisher [04-29-18 19:38]:

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On 04/28/2018 08:16 PM, don fisher wrote:

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I am unable to get the F1 key to generate anything except a "not installed on your computer" message. I cannot find either under Yast or Google where to get the appropriate package to add the help files.

Thanks Don

It is fixed:-) Files are loaded in /opt. So I placed the files in /usr/lib64/libreoffice/help/en-US and the system appears to work. No Problems noted so far. How does one make this fix generally available to Opensuse/libreoffice users?

it doesn't need to be made available. it is not correct. you were provided the proper solution, but choose to do otherwise. and it may come back to haunt you.

Why do you attack so. I hope this is a friendly list. I did do what you suggested: zypper -v in --force libreoffice-l10n-en

but the files were placed in the /opt/libreoffice directory as I described previously. So I moved them to: /usr/share/libreoffice/help/en-US/

and it works. We are close to saying the same thing, except where zypper put the files.

Don Don, all that Patrick tries to convince you of, is that you're better of using

Op maandag 30 april 2018 03:14:46 CEST schreef don fisher: the openSUSE packages. You now have a bunch of files on your system that do not belong to any package, since they we're copied/moved manually, and hence of which rpm nor zypper are aware. These kind of things can lead to awkward situations, because you break tested integrity of the installed system. My 2 cents? Undo the manual changes, install the openSUSE package and you should be fine, also on future updates.

But the openSUSE provided packages do not work, and no one has posted a solution, except don. He says that zypper placed the files in /opt, where they are not found by LO, they have to be moved to /usr. This, if confirmed, is an openSUSE packaging error. I will try to confirm or not later or tomorrow. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.3 x86_64 "Malachite" (Minas Tirith))