Window decorations changed after removing OpenOffice

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Window decorations changed after removing OpenOffice

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In a fit of need, I upgraded open office on my linux mint 18 with cinnamon to OO6.1. I did this by performing the following actions:

I removed these packages that were with OO5:

libreoffice-avmedia-backend-gstreamer/xenial-updates
libreoffice-base/xenial-updates
libreoffice-base-core/xenial-updates
libreoffice-base-drivers/xenial-updates
libreoffice-calc/xenial-updates
libreoffice-common/xenial-updates
libreoffice-core/xenial-updates
libreoffice-draw/xenial-updates
libreoffice-gnome/xenial-updates
libreoffice-gtk/xenial-updates
libreoffice-help-de/xenial-updates
libreoffice-help-en-gb/xenial-updates
libreoffice-help-en-us/xenial-updates
libreoffice-help-es/xenial-updates
libreoffice-help-fr/xenial-updates
libreoffice-help-it/xenial-updates
libreoffice-help-pt/xenial-updates
libreoffice-help-pt-br/xenial-updates
libreoffice-help-ru/xenial-updates
libreoffice-help-zh-cn/xenial-updates
libreoffice-help-zh-tw/xenial-updates
libreoffice-impress/xenial-updates
libreoffice-java-common/xenial-updates
libreoffice-l10n-de/xenial-updates
libreoffice-l10n-en-gb/xenial-updates
libreoffice-l10n-en-za/xenial-updates
libreoffice-l10n-es/xenial-updates
libreoffice-l10n-fr/xenial-updates
libreoffice-l10n-it/xenial-updates
libreoffice-l10n-pt/xenial-updates
libreoffice-l10n-pt-br/xenial-updates
libreoffice-l10n-ru/xenial-updates
libreoffice-l10n-zh-cn/xenial-updates
libreoffice-l10n-zh-tw/xenial-updates
libreoffice-math/xenial-updates
libreoffice-ogltrans/xenial-updates
libreoffice-pdfimport/xenial-updates
libreoffice-sdbc-firebird/xenial-updates
libreoffice-sdbc-hsqldb/xenial-updates
libreoffice-style-mint/sylvia
libreoffice-writer/xenial-updates


Then,
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libreoffice

And it works fine, but now the menus and window decorations (and all buttons, etc in window menus) are "strange". For example, this is the minimize/maximize buttons:
Screenshot from 2018-08-22 05-25-44.png
And when you hover over them they just turn into black blocks. In trying to figure out what package I removed that might fix it, I reinstalled
libreoffice-gnome
but that had no effect.

Any input would be appreciated.
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Re: Window decorations changed after removing OpenOffice

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triode wrote: Wed Aug 22, 2018 6:31 am Any input would be appreciated.
Try changing your desktop theme.
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Tip for the future: don't remove your old LibreOffice (not OpenOffice), but simply add the LO PPA. Then refresh Update Manager and install the updates. Painless, clean, no side effects.
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Re: Window decorations changed after removing OpenOffice

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Pjotr wrote: Wed Aug 22, 2018 6:58 am Tip for the future: don't remove your old LibreOffice (not OpenOffice), but simply add the LO PPA. Then refresh Update Manager and install the updates. Painless, clean, no side effects.
Arg, I keep mis-speaking... I mean LibreOffice. I never installed OpenOffice.

So, is it possible to install the old LibreOffice and get the theme/icons/whatever that is back?

Thanks.
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triode wrote: Wed Aug 22, 2018 8:42 am
Pjotr wrote: Wed Aug 22, 2018 6:58 am Tip for the future: don't remove your old LibreOffice (not OpenOffice), but simply add the LO PPA. Then refresh Update Manager and install the updates. Painless, clean, no side effects.
Arg, I keep mis-speaking... I mean LibreOffice. I never installed OpenOffice.

So, is it possible to install the old LibreOffice and get the theme/icons/whatever that is back?

Thanks.
I'm afraid it might be not that easily reversible. You've done some collateral damage by removing the old LO first... Nevertheless, it's worth a try.
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catweazel wrote: Wed Aug 22, 2018 6:38 am
triode wrote: Wed Aug 22, 2018 6:31 am Any input would be appreciated.
Try changing your desktop theme.
but - - does that make any difference ?.
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Re: Window decorations changed after removing OpenOffice

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Pjotr wrote: Wed Aug 22, 2018 8:48 am
triode wrote: Wed Aug 22, 2018 8:42 am
Pjotr wrote: Wed Aug 22, 2018 6:58 am Tip for the future: don't remove your old LibreOffice (not OpenOffice), but simply add the LO PPA. Then refresh Update Manager and install the updates. Painless, clean, no side effects.
Arg, I keep mis-speaking... I mean LibreOffice. I never installed OpenOffice.

So, is it possible to install the old LibreOffice and get the theme/icons/whatever that is back?

Thanks.
I'm afraid it might be not that easily reversible. You've done some collateral damage by removing the old LO first... Nevertheless, it's worth a try.
I suppose I could uninstall the ppa version, then reinstall LO standard version from the built in repos, then reinstall
LO from the ppa...
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triode wrote: Wed Aug 22, 2018 9:30 am I suppose I could uninstall the ppa version, then reinstall LO standard version from the built in repos, then reinstall
LO from the ppa...
Worth a try. Might work...
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Re: Window decorations changed after removing OpenOffice

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Pierre wrote: Wed Aug 22, 2018 8:50 am
catweazel wrote: Wed Aug 22, 2018 6:38 am
triode wrote: Wed Aug 22, 2018 6:31 am Any input would be appreciated.
Try changing your desktop theme.
but - - does that make any difference ?.
It does change it, but alas, the original icons are no longer in the list. I settled on one for now.

When my computer is doing less critical things I will remove and reinstall LO.
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Pierre wrote: Wed Aug 22, 2018 8:50 am
catweazel wrote: Wed Aug 22, 2018 6:38 am
triode wrote: Wed Aug 22, 2018 6:31 am Any input would be appreciated.
Try changing your desktop theme.
but - - does that make any difference ?.
It should, yes.
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triode wrote: Wed Aug 22, 2018 6:31 am libreoffice-style-mint/sylvia
Removing that package is this issue - despite the name it is not a libreoffice component - it's actually part of the mint-themes packages. You'll find if you look around that you are missing a some backgrounds, various stock themes etc. You would have seen a warning on removal that other packages would be removed as-well. Not a good idea to disregard those warnings.

To fix apt install libreoffice-style-mint mint-artwork-gnome mint-meta-cinnamon mint-themes
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Re: Window decorations changed after removing OpenOffice

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smurphos wrote: Thu Aug 23, 2018 2:15 am
triode wrote: Wed Aug 22, 2018 6:31 am libreoffice-style-mint/sylvia
Removing that package is this issue - despite the name it is not a libreoffice component - it's actually part of the mint-themes packages. You'll find if you look around that you are missing a some backgrounds, various stock themes etc. You would have seen a warning on removal that other packages would be removed as-well. Not a good idea to disregard those warnings.

To fix apt install libreoffice-style-mint mint-artwork-gnome mint-meta-cinnamon mint-themes

I was missing mint-artwork-gnome mint-themes... after I installed that I could switch the theme back to mint-x, which is what I wanted.

Thanks for all of the help.
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