On 08/08/2007 09:39 PM, Clayton wrote:
>> I don't know how to tell if I'm "using the Novell version from the
>> DVD/CDs".
>>     
rpm -qi OpenOffice_org
>
>   
>> Currently I have openoffice 2.0.4-38.5 installed, altho YaST2
>> displays this information in a strange way (it also shows three
>> different versions of 2.0.4-38 being checked in the Product column
>> and highlighted in gray -- no clue what that means).
>>     
-38 was the released version, -38.5 was a security updated version.


> To clean this up, you could try removing all of OpenOffice (using
> YAST), and then installing the latest version - that way you can
> hopefully end with a single version.  Your config etc will remain in
> your /home so you should not loose anything.
>   
Since he used the rpm version, no need to uninstall first (i.e rpm -V
OpenOffice_org will verify the rpm files).  He could also add the build
repository for OpenOffice Stable to get a newer version via Yast.  HTH.

-- 
Joe Morris
Registered Linux user 231871 running openSUSE 10.2 x86_64





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