Which repository for LibreOffice on my 11.2?

giulio_buccini · May 22, 2011, 7:34pm

Hello,

in this days I’m receiving a lot of warnings about connection with software repositories. The last one I’ve received 20 minutes ago:

Problem connecting to a software source.
Details:
File ‘/repodata/repomd.xml’ not found on medium ‘http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/OpenOffice.org:/STABLE/openSUSE_11.2/’

My OpenOffice suite has changed to LibreOffice 3.3.1, but now I have a problem… which is the repository URL for LibreOffice working on openSUSE 11.2? I cannot find it… :’(

Thanks for any help

(please, don’t tell me that I should upgrade to 11.3…)

hcvv · May 22, 2011, 8:09pm

As support on 11.2 stopped about two weeks ago, the repos are one by one switched off I guess.

giulio_buccini · May 22, 2011, 8:25pm

Hello hcvv,

I think you’re right… :’(
I’m receiving other notifications concerning other repositories… I’m little disappointed 'cause I was spending a lot of time to make 11.2 working… ok… that’s life (of software)…

In future I will try to upgrade, but not now… I prefer not to spend my life in front of PC upgrading software that will never end… I prefer go with bicycle and spend my time with my family.

Anyway, thank you for your answer!

hendersj · May 22, 2011, 8:31pm

On Sun, 22 May 2011 17:36:06 +0000, giulio buccini wrote:

> My OpenOffice suite has changed to LibreOffice 3.3.1, but now I have a
> problem… which is the repository URL for LibreOffice working on
> openSUSE 11.2? I cannot find it… :’(
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> (please, don’t tell me that I should upgrade to 11.3…)

11.2 is EOL, so yes, you should upgrade to at least 11.3. That’s why
you’re having problems finding the repositories for 11.2 updates -
they’re no longer available on the official sites any more.

Jim

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hendersj · May 22, 2011, 8:37pm

On Sun, 22 May 2011 18:36:05 +0000, giulio buccini wrote:

> I prefer not to spend
> my life in front of PC upgrading software that will never end

That, unfortunately (for some) is the way the PC world is, regardless of
the operating system you use. Since new security vulnerabilities are
always being discovered, there are always updates/upgrades that need to
be applied.

Jim

Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Administrator
Forum Use Terms & Conditions at http://tinyurl.com/openSUSE-T-C

martin_helm · May 22, 2011, 9:33pm

giulio buccini wrote:

>
> Hello hcvv,
>
> I think you’re right… :’(
> I’m receiving other notifications concerning other repositories… I’m
> little disappointed 'cause I was spending a lot of time to make 11.2
> working… ok… that’s life (of software)…
>
> In future I will try to upgrade, but not now… I prefer not to spend
> my life in front of PC upgrading software that will never end… I
> prefer go with bicycle and spend my time with my family.
>
> Anyway, thank you for your answer!
>
You can use http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Evergreen
and keep your 11.2 alive. You will not have all repositories available for
newer versions and if you want to use libreoffice you need to install it
maybe without repository, but libreoffice offers generic rpm’s
http://www.libreoffice.org/download/

Change your main repositories to
http://download.opensuse.org/evergreen/11.2/
ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/distribution/11.2/repo/oss/
ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/distribution/11.2/repo/non-oss/
ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/source/distribution/11.2/repo/oss/
ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.2/
ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/distribution/packman-11.2
http://packman.mirrors.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/Evergreen_11.2/

and remove the repositories you have now (they are no longer there).

martin_helm · May 23, 2011, 3:28pm

I want to add, since yesterday night I tested it in a virtual machine, that
when you switch your 11.2 to evergreen you will automatically get
libreoffice if you run “zypper up”!