Help needed to downgrade libreoffice on Redhat, due to bug in version 4 that prevents viewing of EPS images in slideshow.

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#1

Hi - Redhat recently upgraded it's version of libreoffice from 3 to 4. However, this introduced a bug that prevent viewing of EPS images, which apparently is still present in the most recent version of libreoffice:

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62038

So I want to downgrade back to version 3. However, when I try to use yum downgrade, the following error prevents that from happening:

Error: Package: 1:libreoffice-impress-3.4.5.2-16.1.el6_3.x86_64 (rhel-x86_64-workstation-6)
            Requires: libreoffice-presenter-screen = 1:3.4.5.2-16.1.el6_3
            Available: 1:libreoffice-presenter-screen-3.4.5.2-16.el6.x86_64 (rhel-x86_64-workstation-6)
                libreoffice-presenter-screen = 1:3.4.5.2-16.el6
            Available: 1:libreoffice-presenter-screen-3.4.5.2-16.1.el6_3.x86_64 (rhel-x86_64-workstation-6)
                libreoffice-presenter-screen = 1:3.4.5.2-16.1.el6_3

It's obviously a bug in the redhat repository, but I have no service contract with redhat, so I can't get them to fix. So either I need to find the original redhat rpms, or find another way of building libreoffice from scratch. Any suggestions? Thanks.

- Mark

#2

Hi.
Try http://downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/3.6.7.2/rpm/
It is good to hear of this bug, another reason that will prevent me updating from 3.6.
If that fails I have LibO_3.6.5_Linux_x86-64_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz
Steve

#3

Steve - I did previously try to install LibO_3.6.5_Linux_x86-64_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz, but when I untarred that file, I get this rpm:

libobasis3.6-sdk-3.6.7.2-2.x86_64.rpm

And when I try to install that, I get the following error message:

Examining libobasis3.6-sdk-3.6.7.2-2.x86_64.rpm: libobasis3.6-sdk-3.6.7.2-2.x86_64
Marking libobasis3.6-sdk-3.6.7.2-2.x86_64.rpm to be installed
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package libobasis3.6-sdk.x86_64 0:3.6.7.2-2 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: libobasis3.6-core01 for package: libobasis3.6-sdk-3.6.7.2-2.x86_64
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: libobasis3.6-sdk-3.6.7.2-2.x86_64 (/libobasis3.6-sdk-3.6.7.2-2.x86_64)
           Requires: libobasis3.6-core01
You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest

So I'm not sure what to do after that. - Mark

Steve Edmonds wrote:

#4

Hi Mark.
The archive I have has libobasis3.6-core01-3.6.5.2-2.x86_64.rpm in it. How were you installing.
I extracted the archive, that created a directory. My history is below. After that you need to change to desktop integration to install that if needed.
772 cd LibO_3.6.5.2_Linux_x86-64_install-rpm_en-US
776 rpm -Uvh --test *.rpm
777 rpm -Uvh *.rpm

steve

#5

Hi.
From the archive link I listed, I think I would be trying to install LibO_3.6.7.2_Linux_x86-64_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz and then LibO_3.6.7.2_Linux_x86-64_helppack-rpm_en-GB.tar.gz as that is my help language choice. I don't think I would be installing the SDK. but if you did need it, possibly install after the other 2.
Steve

#6

Steve - I browsed the web, and found LibO_3.6.7_Linux_x86-64_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz in some other locations, but not on the libreoffice site. I downloaded it, and it works great. Thanks! - Mark

#7

That's great, I use the OpenSuse provided version 3.6 which is the last version that works for me, since then it's been broken (not working).
Steve