Problem with repo change: LibreOffice - zypper up dup?!

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I’ve used the LibreOffice:5.4 repo. Recently there has been a update to that version in the official 42.3:Updates repo.
So I wanted to switch back to the official stable repo.

I did this by first uninstalling libreoffice using

 zypper rm libreoffice

. Then I disabled the OBS repo and installed it again using

 zypper in libreoffice

, knowing that now it had to pull LO from the official repo since the other one was disabled.

These are my repos now:


david@2:~> zypper lr -u
Repository priorities in effect:                                                                                                                                                       (See 'zypper lr -P' for details)
      90 (raised priority)  :  1 repository  
      99 (default priority) :  6 repositories

# | Alias                 | Name                              | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh | URI                                                              
--+-----------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------+------------------------------------------------------------------
1 | packman.inode.at-suse | Packman Repository                | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     | http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_Leap_42.3/                 
2 | repo-non-oss          | openSUSE-Leap-42.3-Non-Oss        | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/42.3/repo/non-oss/
3 | repo-oss              | openSUSE-Leap-42.3-Oss            | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/42.3/repo/oss/    
4 | repo-update           | openSUSE-Leap-42.3-Update         | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/42.3/oss/               
5 | repo-update-non-oss   | openSUSE-Leap-42.3-Update-Non-Oss | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/42.3/non-oss/           
6 | skype-stable          | skype (stable)                    | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     | https://repo.skype.com/rpm/stable/                               
7 | skypeforlinux         | skypeforlinux                     | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     | https://repo.skype.com/rpm/stable

However there is a problem with the KDE integration using

 zypper in libreoffice

. It looks horrible now, like Window 95.

I noticed that no themes were being pulled by using zypper in:

david@2:~> sudo zypper -v in libreoffice
Verbosity: 1
Non-option program arguments: 'libreoffice' 
Initializing Target
Checking whether to refresh metadata for Packman Repository
Checking whether to refresh metadata for openSUSE-Leap-42.3-Non-Oss
Checking whether to refresh metadata for openSUSE-Leap-42.3-Oss
Checking whether to refresh metadata for openSUSE-Leap-42.3-Update
Checking whether to refresh metadata for openSUSE-Leap-42.3-Update-Non-Oss
Checking whether to refresh metadata for skype (stable)
Checking whether to refresh metadata for skypeforlinux
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Force resolution: No
Selecting 'libreoffice-5.4.4.2-12.6.x86_64' from repository 'openSUSE-Leap-42.3-Update' for installation.
Resolving package dependencies...
Force resolution: No

The following 5 applications are going to be installed:
  LibreOffice Base     
  LibreOffice Calc     
  LibreOffice Draw     
  LibreOffice Impress  
  LibreOffice Writer   

The following 12 NEW packages are going to be installed:
  libreoffice                     5.4.4.2-12.6
  libreoffice-base                5.4.4.2-12.6
  libreoffice-base-drivers-mysql  5.4.4.2-12.6
  libreoffice-calc                5.4.4.2-12.6
  libreoffice-draw                5.4.4.2-12.6
  libreoffice-filters-optional    5.4.4.2-12.6
  libreoffice-impress             5.4.4.2-12.6
  libreoffice-l10n-en             5.4.4.2-12.6
  libreoffice-mailmerge           5.4.4.2-12.6
  libreoffice-math                5.4.4.2-12.6
  libreoffice-pyuno               5.4.4.2-12.6
  libreoffice-writer              5.4.4.2-12.6

12 new packages to install.

Then interestingly

zypper dup

gives me:

david@2:~> sudo zypper -v dup
Verbosity: 1
Warning: You are about to do a distribution upgrade with all enabled repositories. Make sure these repositories are compatible before you continue. See 'man zypper' for more information about this command.
Initializing Target
Checking whether to refresh metadata for Packman Repository
Retrieving: repomd.xml ..........................................................................................................................................................................................[done]
Checking whether to refresh metadata for openSUSE-Leap-42.3-Non-Oss
Retrieving: content .................................................................................................................................................................................[done (1.2 KiB/s)]
Retrieving: media ...............................................................................................................................................................................................[done]
Checking whether to refresh metadata for openSUSE-Leap-42.3-Oss
Retrieving: content .............................................................................................................................................................................................[done]
Retrieving: media ...............................................................................................................................................................................................[done]
Checking whether to refresh metadata for openSUSE-Leap-42.3-Update
Retrieving: repomd.xml ..........................................................................................................................................................................................[done]
Checking whether to refresh metadata for openSUSE-Leap-42.3-Update-Non-Oss
Retrieving: repomd.xml ..........................................................................................................................................................................................[done]
Checking whether to refresh metadata for skype (stable)
Retrieving: repomd.xml ..........................................................................................................................................................................................[done]
Checking whether to refresh metadata for skypeforlinux
Retrieving: repomd.xml ..........................................................................................................................................................................................[done]
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Computing distribution upgrade...
Force resolution: No
Computing upgrade...

The following 3 items are locked and will not be changed by any action:
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The following 5 applications are going to be installed:
  LibreOffice Base     
  LibreOffice Calc     
  LibreOffice Draw     
  LibreOffice Impress  
  LibreOffice Writer   

The following 15 NEW packages are going to be installed:
  libreoffice                     5.4.4.2-12.6
  libreoffice-base                5.4.4.2-12.6
  libreoffice-base-drivers-mysql  5.4.4.2-12.6
  libreoffice-calc                5.4.4.2-12.6
  libreoffice-calc-extensions     5.4.4.2-12.6
  libreoffice-draw                5.4.4.2-12.6
  libreoffice-filters-optional    5.4.4.2-12.6
  libreoffice-impress             5.4.4.2-12.6
  libreoffice-kde4                5.4.4.2-12.6
  libreoffice-l10n-en             5.4.4.2-12.6
  libreoffice-mailmerge           5.4.4.2-12.6
  libreoffice-math                5.4.4.2-12.6
  libreoffice-pyuno               5.4.4.2-12.6
  libreoffice-writer              5.4.4.2-12.6
  libreoffice-writer-extensions   5.4.4.2-12.6

15 new packages to install.

So why is zypper in libreoffice not automatically pulling the KDE dependencies? Seems odd, that I have to do a zypper dup doesn’t it?

Thanks in advance.

David

2

Maybe you disabled automatic installation of recommended packages?

3

Might be blind atm, I used Yast and when trying to install LO again this time I clicked on install recommended packages. Now everything works.
Where can I disable recommended packages again? (Or in this case, enable it once again?)

4

There’s a checkbox for it in YaST’s softwaremanager

5

In /etc/zypp/zypp.conf, see the solver.onlyRequires option.

Or the installRecommends option in /etc/zypp/zypper.conf (which only affects zypper, and not other applications like YaST).