OpenOffice only english ->solved but I don't know why!

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#1

Hi all!

I am new to OpenSuse, and I could need your help.
I have installed OpenSuse 11 RC two days before the release. I’ ve updated OSuse everyday. I never had any problems…until yesterday. I made an “zypper dup” like I did before, and my OpenOffice (and other progr) had been updated. BUT: The German O.o. package seems not to be “updatable” because now O.o is English. Seems like the German translation is older then the O.o-“main” package and therefore not compatible-

Update: In order to give you all necessary information, I started Yast to post the output of that dependency problem…but tata now the german translation is available. :smiley:

Good…BUT: I still do not know why that happened. Does that mean that some repo and packages are updated before others? Like in my situation? Maybe I do have a wrong repo- in my list, take a look at it:

 zypper -v lr
Ausführlichkeitsgrad: 1
#  | Alias                                                                                | Name                                          | Aktiviert | Auffrischen
---+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-----------+------------
1  | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/OpenOffice.org:/STABLE/openSUSE_11.0/      | openSUSE BuildService - OpenOffice.org        | Ja        | Ja         
2  | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/mail/openSUSE_11.0/                | openSUSE BuildService - Mail Server           | Ja        | Ja         
3  | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Backports/openSUSE_11.0/              | openSUSE BuildService - KDE:Backports         | Ja        | Ja         
4  | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/openSUSE_11.0/                       | openSUSE BuildService - Games                 | Ja        | Ja         
5  | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Community/openSUSE_11.0/              | openSUSE BuildService - KDE:Community         | Ja        | Ja         
6  | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/GNOME:/Community/openSUSE_11.0/            | openSUSE BuildService - GNOME:Community       | Ja        | Ja         
7  | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/database/openSUSE_11.0/            | openSUSE BuildService - Datenbanken           | Ja        | Ja         
8  | factory-oss                                                                          | factory-oss                                   | Ja        | Nein       
9  | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_11.0/                     | openSUSE BuildService - Mozilla               | Ja        | Ja         
10 | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Desktop/openSUSE_11.0/ | openSUSE BuildService - KDE4:Factory:Desktop  | Ja        | Ja         
11 | factory-non-oss                                                                      | factory-non-oss                               | Ja        | Nein       
12 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.0/repo/non-oss/                         | Haupt-Repository (Nicht-OSS)                  | Ja        | Ja         
13 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.0/repo/debug/                           | Haupt-Repository (DEBUG)                      | Ja        | Ja         
14 | http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.0/                                            | Hauptaktualisierungs-Repository               | Ja        | Ja         
15 | http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/11.0/                                          | Packman Repository                            | Ja        | Ja         
16 | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/php/openSUSE_11.0/                 | openSUSE BuildService - PHP                   | Ja        | Ja         
17 | 10.3 - Main Repository (NON-OSS)                                                     | 10.3 - Main Repository (NON-OSS)              | Nein      | Ja         
18 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.0/repo/oss/                             | Haupt-Repository (Open Source Software - OSS) | Ja        | Ja         
19 | openSUSE-11.0-Updates                                                                | openSUSE-11.0-Updates                         | Ja        | Ja         
20 | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/GNOME:/STABLE/openSUSE_11.0/               | openSUSE BuildService - GNOME:STABLE          | Ja        | Ja         
21 | http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/SuSE/11.0/                             | VideoLan Repository                           | Ja        | Ja         
22 | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/XGL/openSUSE_11.0/                    | openSUSE BuildService - X11:XGL               | Ja        | Ja

Is this repo-list ok? Or should I delete some repos? Do I have some premature -like testing- repos enabled?
Any explanations are welcomed.

Yours, S.

#2

For OpenOffice I just keep what comes down from the official update repro.

I never use the Index of /repositories/OpenOffice.org:/STABLE/openSUSE_11.0

…but that is just personal preference and I tend to be on the safe side so there is less chance for something to break in OOo.
Things I do with OpenOffice work & I don’t need the latest updates.

That also goes for the other repositories, I try to keep the list as close to the original ones, with packman included.

No science behind it just that it’s worked for me so far :wink:

Cheers,
Wj

#3

Thanks for your reply.

So if I understand you right

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/OpenOffice.org:/STABLE/openSUSE_11.0/

is an “openSUSE BuildService”-repo? Meaning a development repo, that could possibly harm my system?

S.

#4

Correct!
Although it is marked as stable the possibility an update coming through this channel can brake your setup is greater than when only keeping the default repositories. Harm is a great word though…

I’m not a heavy user of these repositories so can only vent what I’ve seen others report about this :wink: