[opensuse] Dependency problem with LibreOffice and Firefox
I have an interesting dependency problem on my openSUSE 13.2 box. I am not interested in LibreOffice (standard distribution), so I removed it and installed LibreOffice from www.libreoffice.org (RPM). The problem is, that "zypper" sees a dependency between LibreOffice, Firefox and Thunderbird. "zypper verify" is unable to resolve the dependencies. "zypper verify" begins with # zypper verify Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... 12 Problems: Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-calc.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-calc-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-calc.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-calc-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-writer.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-writer-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-writer.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-writer-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-impress.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-impress-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-impress.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-impress-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(thunderbird.appdata.xml) needed by application:Thunderbird-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-draw.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-draw-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-draw.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-draw-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-base.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-base-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-base.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-base-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(firefox.appdata.xml) needed by application:Firefox-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-calc.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-calc-.noarch Solution 1: deinstallation of application:libreoffice-calc-.noarch Solution 2: break application:libreoffice-calc-.noarch by ignoring some of its dependencies Choose from above solutions by number or skip, retry or cancel [1/2/s/r/c] (c): 1 If I always choose the "deinstallation" option, "zypper" ends with: Resolving dependencies... The following 7 applications are going to be REMOVED: Firefox Thunderbird libreoffice-base libreoffice-calc libreoffice-draw libreoffice-impress libreoffice-writer No additional space will be used or freed after the operation. Dependencies of all installed packages are satisfied. "zypper verify" doesn't uninstall anything. What should I do? Greetings, Björn -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Fri, 2015-03-13 at 11:03 +0100, Bjoern Voigt wrote:
I have an interesting dependency problem on my openSUSE 13.2 box. I am not interested in LibreOffice (standard distribution), so I removed it and installed LibreOffice from www.libreoffice.org (RPM).
The problem is, that "zypper" sees a dependency between LibreOffice, Firefox and Thunderbird.
"zypper verify" is unable to resolve the dependencies.
"zypper verify" begins with
# zypper verify Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... 12 Problems: Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-calc.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-calc-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-calc.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-calc-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-writer.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-writer-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-writer.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-writer-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-impress.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-impress-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-impress.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-impress-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(thunderbird.appdata.xml) needed by application:Thunderbird-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-draw.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-draw-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-draw.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-draw-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-base.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-base-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-base.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-base-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(firefox.appdata.xml) needed by application:Firefox-.noarch
Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-calc.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-calc-.noarch Solution 1: deinstallation of application:libreoffice-calc-.noarch Solution 2: break application:libreoffice-calc-.noarch by ignoring some of its dependencies
Choose from above solutions by number or skip, retry or cancel [1/2/s/r/c] (c): 1
If I always choose the "deinstallation" option, "zypper" ends with:
Resolving dependencies...
The following 7 applications are going to be REMOVED: Firefox Thunderbird libreoffice-base libreoffice-calc libreoffice-draw libreoffice-impress libreoffice-writer
No additional space will be used or freed after the operation. Dependencies of all installed packages are satisfied.
"zypper verify" doesn't uninstall anything.
What should I do?
Greetings, Björn
Hi, I went to the www.libreoffice.org site to see which version you downloaded, as you didn't mention which Libreoffice version you are using. On the Libreoffice site the current version is 4.4.1. Please verify that is the version of Libreoffice you are using. If that is the version you using, you could add this repository to get software for that version of Libreoffice. http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/LibreOffice:/Factory/openSUSE_13.2... Mark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Mark Misulich wrote:
On Fri, 2015-03-13 at 11:03 +0100, Bjoern Voigt wrote:
I have an interesting dependency problem on my openSUSE 13.2 box. I am not interested in LibreOffice (standard distribution), so I removed it and installed LibreOffice from www.libreoffice.org (RPM).
The problem is, that "zypper" sees a dependency between LibreOffice, Firefox and Thunderbird.
"zypper verify" is unable to resolve the dependencies.
"zypper verify" begins with
# zypper verify Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... 12 Problems: Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-calc.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-calc-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-calc.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-calc-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-writer.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-writer-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-writer.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-writer-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-impress.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-impress-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-impress.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-impress-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(thunderbird.appdata.xml) needed by application:Thunderbird-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-draw.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-draw-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-draw.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-draw-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-base.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-base-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-base.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-base-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(firefox.appdata.xml) needed by application:Firefox-.noarch
Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-calc.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-calc-.noarch Solution 1: deinstallation of application:libreoffice-calc-.noarch Solution 2: break application:libreoffice-calc-.noarch by ignoring some of its dependencies
Choose from above solutions by number or skip, retry or cancel [1/2/s/r/c] (c): 1
If I always choose the "deinstallation" option, "zypper" ends with:
Resolving dependencies...
The following 7 applications are going to be REMOVED: Firefox Thunderbird libreoffice-base libreoffice-calc libreoffice-draw libreoffice-impress libreoffice-writer
No additional space will be used or freed after the operation. Dependencies of all installed packages are satisfied.
"zypper verify" doesn't uninstall anything.
What should I do?
Greetings, Björn Hi, I went to the www.libreoffice.org site to see which version you downloaded, as you didn't mention which Libreoffice version you are using. On the Libreoffice site the current version is 4.4.1. Please verify that is the version of Libreoffice you are using.
If that is the version you using, you could add this repository to get software for that version of Libreoffice.
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/LibreOffice:/Factory/openSUSE_13.2...
I still use LibreOffice 4.3 from www.libreoffice.org, because 4.4.x had graphics issues on one of my PCs. Because of this, I can't use LibreOffice from your suggested repository. I still wonder, what this means? Applications depend on XML-Appdata?
Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-calc.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-calc-.noarch
Greetings, Björn -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Fri, 2015-03-13 at 16:47 +0100, Bjoern Voigt wrote:
Mark Misulich wrote:
On Fri, 2015-03-13 at 11:03 +0100, Bjoern Voigt wrote:
I have an interesting dependency problem on my openSUSE 13.2 box. I am not interested in LibreOffice (standard distribution), so I removed it and installed LibreOffice from www.libreoffice.org (RPM).
The problem is, that "zypper" sees a dependency between LibreOffice, Firefox and Thunderbird.
"zypper verify" is unable to resolve the dependencies.
"zypper verify" begins with
# zypper verify Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... 12 Problems: Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-calc.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-calc-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-calc.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-calc-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-writer.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-writer-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-writer.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-writer-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-impress.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-impress-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-impress.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-impress-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(thunderbird.appdata.xml) needed by application:Thunderbird-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-draw.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-draw-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-draw.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-draw-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-base.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-base-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-base.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-base-.noarch Problem: nothing provides appdata(firefox.appdata.xml) needed by application:Firefox-.noarch
Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-calc.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-calc-.noarch Solution 1: deinstallation of application:libreoffice-calc-.noarch Solution 2: break application:libreoffice-calc-.noarch by ignoring some of its dependencies
Choose from above solutions by number or skip, retry or cancel [1/2/s/r/c] (c): 1
If I always choose the "deinstallation" option, "zypper" ends with:
Resolving dependencies...
The following 7 applications are going to be REMOVED: Firefox Thunderbird libreoffice-base libreoffice-calc libreoffice-draw libreoffice-impress libreoffice-writer
No additional space will be used or freed after the operation. Dependencies of all installed packages are satisfied.
"zypper verify" doesn't uninstall anything.
What should I do?
Greetings, Björn Hi, I went to the www.libreoffice.org site to see which version you downloaded, as you didn't mention which Libreoffice version you are using. On the Libreoffice site the current version is 4.4.1. Please verify that is the version of Libreoffice you are using.
If that is the version you using, you could add this repository to get software for that version of Libreoffice.
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/LibreOffice:/Factory/openSUSE_13.2...
I still use LibreOffice 4.3 from www.libreoffice.org, because 4.4.x had graphics issues on one of my PCs. Because of this, I can't use LibreOffice from your suggested repository.
I still wonder, what this means? Applications depend on XML-Appdata?
Problem: nothing provides appdata(libreoffice-calc.appdata.xml) needed by application:libreoffice-calc-.noarch
Greetings, Björn
Hi, I have had the problem of dependencies before with various programs, and I have resolved the problem by including an appropriate repository in my list of repositories. Since you are using LibreOffice 4.3, then the appropriate repository would be the following: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/LibreOffice:/4.3/openSUSE_13.2/ I can't answer the technical question you asked, my occupation doesn't have anything to do with IT. I still wonder, what this means? Applications depend on XML-Appdata? I just have used opensuse for a long time and have practical knowledge about how to fix various issues, such as the one about which you posted. Maybe one of the gurus on the list will be able to answer your question. Anyways, try my suggestion to see if it works for you to resolve the dependency issue. I am curious to know if it helps. Regards, Mark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 13/03/15 21:03, Bjoern Voigt wrote:
I have an interesting dependency problem on my openSUSE 13.2 box. I am not interested in LibreOffice (standard distribution), so I removed it and installed LibreOffice from www.libreoffice.org (RPM).
Firstly, how did you "remove" the oS version of LibreOffice? Did you go into YaST>Install/Remove Software and remove ALL of the files associated with LibreOfice before installing LO from libreoffice.org? Secondly, there should be 3 RPMs for LO from libreoffice.org: 1 is the LO executables; 2 should be the language pack; and 3 should be the Help pack. Thirdly, how did you install the RPM you did get from libreoffice.org? You should install the RPMs in a terminal, logged in as root, and running 'rpm -Uvh *.rpm' in each of the unarchived RPMs from libreoffice.org.
The problem is, that "zypper" sees a dependency between LibreOffice, Firefox and Thunderbird.
Why the 'zypper' thing? But anyway, there is a dependency between LO and TB and FF: when you get an attachment in TB and you want to view it you are asked with which app. you want to view it - and LO is one of the apps. Similar thing applies to FF. BC -- Using openSUSE 13.2, KDE 4.14.4 & kernel 3.19.1-2 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX660 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Basil Chupin wrote:
On 13/03/15 21:03, Bjoern Voigt wrote:
I have an interesting dependency problem on my openSUSE 13.2 box. I am not interested in LibreOffice (standard distribution), so I removed it and installed LibreOffice from www.libreoffice.org (RPM).
Firstly, how did you "remove" the oS version of LibreOffice?
Libreoffice consists on a lot of packages. I started with "zypper rm libreoffice". I also removed all the empty directories under /usr/lib64/libreoffice/ with commands like "rmdir /usr/lib64/libreoffice/*/*/*/*" until I could remove /usr/lib64/libreoffice.
Did you go into YaST>Install/Remove Software and remove ALL of the files associated with LibreOfice before installing LO from libreoffice.org?
For testing I also removed all Libreoffice packages from libreoffice.org with "zypper rm $(rpm -qa | egrep '^(libobasis4.3|libreoffice4.3)')".
Secondly, there should be 3 RPMs for LO from libreoffice.org: 1 is the LO executables; 2 should be the language pack; and 3 should be the Help pack.
I downloaded and installed all three: LibreOffice_4.3.6_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz LibreOffice_4.3.6_Linux_x86-64_rpm_helppack_de.tar.gz LibreOffice_4.3.6_Linux_x86-64_rpm_langpack_de.tar.gz
Thirdly, how did you install the RPM you did get from libreoffice.org? You should install the RPMs in a terminal, logged in as root, and running 'rpm -Uvh *.rpm' in each of the unarchived RPMs from libreoffice.org.
I unpacked the *.tar.gz files: # tar xzf ../LibreOffice_4.3.6_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz # tar xzf ../LibreOffice_4.3.6_Linux_x86-64_rpm_helppack_de.tar.gz # tar xzf ../LibreOffice_4.3.6_Linux_x86-64_rpm_langpack_de.tar.gz and then I installed the packages with # rpm -Uvh $(find -name '*.rpm')
The problem is, that "zypper" sees a dependency between LibreOffice, Firefox and Thunderbird.
Why the 'zypper' thing? But anyway, there is a dependency between LO and TB and FF: when you get an attachment in TB and you want to view it you are asked with which app. you want to view it - and LO is one of the apps. Similar thing applies to FF.
Ok, but this shouldn't be more than a suggestion, not a hard RPM dependency. I checked Libreoffice 4.3 from libreoffice.org, if there is something which provides the mysterious "appdata(libreoffice-base.appdata.xml)" files. There isn't anything: # find /opt/libreoffice4.3/|grep appdata (nothing) # for i in $(find -name '*.rpm'); do echo $i; rpm -qp \ --provides $i;done (no "appdata") Greetings, Björn -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 15/03/15 07:56, Bjoern Voigt wrote:
On 13/03/15 21:03, Bjoern Voigt wrote:
I have an interesting dependency problem on my openSUSE 13.2 box. I am not interested in LibreOffice (standard distribution), so I removed it and installed LibreOffice fromwww.libreoffice.org (RPM). Firstly, how did you "remove" the oS version of LibreOffice? Libreoffice consists on a lot of packages. I started with "zypper rm
Basil Chupin wrote: libreoffice". I also removed all the empty directories under /usr/lib64/libreoffice/ with commands like "rmdir /usr/lib64/libreoffice/*/*/*/*" until I could remove /usr/lib64/libreoffice.
I have never used 'zypper rm' to remove any packages - I prefer to go directly to the Install/Remove Software in YaST and remove the packages after I have "eye-balled" them. This way I can see what is being removed. Your "I also removed all the empty directories under /usr/lib64/libreoffice/ with commands like "rmdir /usr/lib64/libreoffice/*/*/*/*" until I could remove /usr/lib64/libreoffice. " horrified me :-) but I guess it must have worked for you :-) .
Did you go into YaST>Install/Remove Software and remove ALL of the files associated with LibreOfice before installing LO from libreoffice.org? For testing I also removed all Libreoffice packages from libreoffice.org with "zypper rm $(rpm -qa | egrep '^(libobasis4.3|libreoffice4.3)')".
One typo in such a command could wreck havoc on your system, wouldn't you agree? Which is why "If I can see it I can then zap it" is my approach :-) .
Secondly, there should be 3 RPMs for LO from libreoffice.org: 1 is the LO executables; 2 should be the language pack; and 3 should be the Help pack. I downloaded and installed all three: LibreOffice_4.3.6_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz LibreOffice_4.3.6_Linux_x86-64_rpm_helppack_de.tar.gz LibreOffice_4.3.6_Linux_x86-64_rpm_langpack_de.tar.gz
OK, fine, but the latest version is 4.4.1 so why did you download and install 4.3.6? Just wondering......
Thirdly, how did you install the RPM you did get from libreoffice.org? You should install the RPMs in a terminal, logged in as root, and running 'rpm -Uvh *.rpm' in each of the unarchived RPMs from libreoffice.org. I unpacked the *.tar.gz files: # tar xzf ../LibreOffice_4.3.6_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz # tar xzf ../LibreOffice_4.3.6_Linux_x86-64_rpm_helppack_de.tar.gz # tar xzf ../LibreOffice_4.3.6_Linux_x86-64_rpm_langpack_de.tar.gz
For this I gather that you do not use 'mc' (Midnight Commander) which is the Swiss knife of file managers? Using mc you simply highlight the *.tar.gz file in the directory, press F2 then cursor down and select 'z', press 'ENTER' and the file is unarchived for you into its own sub-directory. Quick and easy - and no need for all that typing.
and then I installed the packages with
# rpm -Uvh $(find -name '*.rpm')
cd-ing into the directory where the RPMs are, 'rpm -UVh *.rpm' is all that is necessary. But I guess your command is performed from whichever 'directory' you are in as root and, again, if it works for you then its fine :-) .
The problem is, that "zypper" sees a dependency between LibreOffice, Firefox and Thunderbird.
Why the 'zypper' thing? But anyway, there is a dependency between LO and TB and FF: when you get an attachment in TB and you want to view it you are asked with which app. you want to view it - and LO is one of the apps. Similar thing applies to FF. Ok, but this shouldn't be more than a suggestion, not a hard RPM dependency.
I checked Libreoffice 4.3 from libreoffice.org, if there is something which provides the mysterious "appdata(libreoffice-base.appdata.xml)" files. There isn't anything:
# find /opt/libreoffice4.3/|grep appdata (nothing) # for i in $(find -name '*.rpm'); do echo $i; rpm -qp \ --provides $i;done (no "appdata")
Greetings, Björn
I am not saying that this is the reason but your way of firstly removing the installed by openSUSE version of LibreOffice (using 'zypper rm.........) followed by removing the empty directories the way you did could have caused the dependency hassle you are now experiencing. Don't know. All I can say is that I have been installing LO from libreoffice.org for 'years' now using the process I describe above - that is, I have never used 'zypper <whatever>' to do this - and have never had a problem. In fact, I just just finished installing v4.4.1 "my way" and it's working perfectly. BTW, run YaST>Install/Remove Software and do a search on "appdata" and what do you see? Is it worth worrying about "appdata"? BC -- Using openSUSE 13.2, KDE 4.14.4 & kernel 3.19.1-2 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX660 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Basil Chupin wrote:
On 15/03/15 07:56, Bjoern Voigt wrote:
On 13/03/15 21:03, Bjoern Voigt wrote:
I have an interesting dependency problem on my openSUSE 13.2 box. I am not interested in LibreOffice (standard distribution), so I removed it and installed LibreOffice fromwww.libreoffice.org (RPM). Firstly, how did you "remove" the oS version of LibreOffice? Libreoffice consists on a lot of packages. I started with "zypper rm
Basil Chupin wrote: libreoffice". I also removed all the empty directories under /usr/lib64/libreoffice/ with commands like "rmdir /usr/lib64/libreoffice/*/*/*/*" until I could remove /usr/lib64/libreoffice.
I have never used 'zypper rm' to remove any packages - I prefer to go directly to the Install/Remove Software in YaST and remove the packages after I have "eye-balled" them. This way I can see what is being removed. Your
"I also removed all the empty directories under /usr/lib64/libreoffice/ with commands like "rmdir /usr/lib64/libreoffice/*/*/*/*" until I could remove /usr/lib64/libreoffice. "
horrified me :-) but I guess it must have worked for you :-) .
Yes, it worked. Normally deleting empty directories shouldn't be necessary, if all directories are correctly listed in RPM spec files.
Did you go into YaST>Install/Remove Software and remove ALL of the files associated with LibreOfice before installing LO from libreoffice.org? For testing I also removed all Libreoffice packages from libreoffice.org with "zypper rm $(rpm -qa | egrep '^(libobasis4.3|libreoffice4.3)')".
One typo in such a command could wreck havoc on your system, wouldn't you agree? Which is why "If I can see it I can then zap it" is my approach :-) .
I don't afraid typos here, because "zypper rm" asks for conformation before removing packages, just like "rm -i".
Secondly, there should be 3 RPMs for LO from libreoffice.org: 1 is the LO executables; 2 should be the language pack; and 3 should be the Help pack. I downloaded and installed all three: LibreOffice_4.3.6_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz LibreOffice_4.3.6_Linux_x86-64_rpm_helppack_de.tar.gz LibreOffice_4.3.6_Linux_x86-64_rpm_langpack_de.tar.gz
OK, fine, but the latest version is 4.4.1 so why did you download and install 4.3.6? Just wondering......
Libreoffice 4.4 introduced new OpenGL rendering code: https://people.gnome.org/~michael/blog/2014-11-10-opengl.html My relatively old ATi Radeon HD 3450 graphics cards (open source radeon driver) has serious rendering problems with Libreoffice 4.4. So I tried 4.4, but downgraded to 4.3. May be the OpenGL problems are solved in Libreoffice 4.4.1 or later. I haven't tested 4.4.1.
Thirdly, how did you install the RPM you did get from libreoffice.org? You should install the RPMs in a terminal, logged in as root, and running 'rpm -Uvh *.rpm' in each of the unarchived RPMs from libreoffice.org. I unpacked the *.tar.gz files: # tar xzf ../LibreOffice_4.3.6_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz # tar xzf ../LibreOffice_4.3.6_Linux_x86-64_rpm_helppack_de.tar.gz # tar xzf ../LibreOffice_4.3.6_Linux_x86-64_rpm_langpack_de.tar.gz
For this I gather that you do not use 'mc' (Midnight Commander) which is the Swiss knife of file managers?
Using mc you simply highlight the *.tar.gz file in the directory, press F2 then cursor down and select 'z', press 'ENTER' and the file is unarchived for you into its own sub-directory. Quick and easy - and no need for all that typing.
and then I installed the packages with
# rpm -Uvh $(find -name '*.rpm')
cd-ing into the directory where the RPMs are, 'rpm -UVh *.rpm' is all that is necessary. But I guess your command is performed from whichever 'directory' you are in as root and, again, if it works for you then its fine :-) .
Yes, but the TAR commands create some directories. With my command, the directories don't matter. I avoid dependency problems, if I install all packages in one command. Greetings, Björn -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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