Deleted Novell OpenOffice 2.x, now can't get 3.x branding!

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I thought I would try to get Novell OpenOffice 3.x on my openSUSE 11 system by removing 2.x and then using Yast to get 3. Unfortunately, the 3 in Yast was not the Novell edition.

So, question 1: How can I get Novell OpenOffice 3 on my openSUSE 11?

Question 2: If I can’t, can I just use Yast to put Novell OpenOffice 2 back? I don’t want to reinstall just to get it back… >_<

Thanks so much! I really appreciate it!!

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Novell’s Ooo 2.4 is included in the OpenSuse 11.0 DVD. If you don’t have it, you’ll have to add the oss repo.

Then just install with Yast > Software management.

There is absolutely NO need to reinstall anything…

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afaik is no curently ooo 3+ novell edition available.

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Here you can get OOo 3+:
Index of /repositories/OpenOffice.org:/STABLE/openSUSE_11.0.
This is a Novell Edition.

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Hi
hm ram88
you sure this is novell edition? can you explaine why you decide this is NE?
I am do not know but i have this installed on laptop… and it looks like normal ooo 3…
but who knows maybe this is NE…

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Take a look into Help->About OpenOffice.org in any OOo3 application.
It say that this product has been created by Novell, Inc. based on OpenOffice.org.

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$ LC_ALL=C zypper se -s OpenOffice_org-branding
Reading installed packages...

S | Name                             | Type    | Version       | Arch   | Repository
--+----------------------------------+---------+---------------+--------+---------------
  | OpenOffice_org-branding-openSUSE | package | 2.4-17.1      | noarch | openSUSE Oss
  | OpenOffice_org-branding-openSUSE | package | 2.4-17.1      | noarch | openSUSE DVD
i | OpenOffice_org-branding-upstream | package | 3.0.0.3.5-1.1 | x86_64 | OpenOffice.org
v | OpenOffice_org-branding-upstream | package | 3.0.0.3.5-1.1 | i586   | OpenOffice.org
v | OpenOffice_org-branding-upstream | package | 2.4.0.14-1.1  | x86_64 | openSUSE Oss
v | OpenOffice_org-branding-upstream | package | 2.4.0.14-1.1  | i586   | openSUSE Oss

The branding is just a package.

There a lot of packages with “-branding-openSUSE” or “-branding-upstream”. gimp and Firefox to put examples… this allows you to change between openSUSE and upstream branding without reinstalling the full package.
The thing is there is no “OpenOffice_org-branding-openSUSE” for OpenOffice 3.0… I suppose it will be there for openSUSE 11.1.

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thank you RedDwarf
that is what i did not understand reading man… :slight_smile: