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Ensure that the fonts {{Pkg|ttf-dejavu}} and {{Pkg|artwiz-fonts}} are installed before continuing, otherwise LibreOffice will display rectangles instead of text. | Ensure that the fonts {{Pkg|ttf-dejavu}} and {{Pkg|artwiz-fonts}} are installed before continuing, otherwise LibreOffice will display rectangles instead of text. | ||
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Check the recommended optional dependencies pacman suggests. E.g. install a Java Runtime Environment (optional, highly recommended). See: [[Java]]. You will need {{Pkg|hsqldb-java}} to use Libreoffice Base. | Check the recommended optional dependencies pacman suggests. E.g. install a Java Runtime Environment (optional, highly recommended). See: [[Java]]. You will need {{Pkg|hsqldb-java}} to use Libreoffice Base. | ||
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+ | ===Development version=== | ||
+ | You will need the PKGBUILD.XX which is in the ABS with the stable version of {{Pkg|libreoffice-common}} | ||
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+ | Actually (2012-12) the development version is the 4.0 so the PKGBUILD is called PKGBUILD.40 | ||
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+ | See [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ABS_FAQ#Can_I_get_a_copy_of_the_PKGBUILD_files_that_the_Arch_Linux_developers_use.3F Getting PKGBUILD files with abs]. | ||
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+ | Alternatively you can get it with yaourt: | ||
+ | $ yaourt -G libreoffice-common | ||
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+ | Or in this page download PKGBUILD.XX: | ||
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+ | https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/trunk?h=packages/libreoffice | ||
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+ | Once you have the PKGBUILD.XX rename it in PKGBUILD. | ||
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+ | Then run [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Makepkg makepkg] to build libreoffice in the folder of the PKGBUILD: | ||
+ | $ makepkg -S | ||
+ | This can take several hours depending on your system. | ||
+ | Once it's over and successful you will have *.pkg.tar.xz files which you can install (example for 4.0beta2) with: | ||
+ | # pacman -U libreoffice-common-4.0.0-0.beta2.1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz libreoffice-writer-4.0.0-0.beta2.1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz | ||
+ | This will install libreoffice writer and if you'r using gnome install libreoffice-writer-4.0.0-0.beta2.1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz | ||
==Theme== | ==Theme== |
Revision as of 20:36, 30 December 2012
zh-CN:LibreOffice From Home - LibreOffice:
- LibreOffice is the free power-packed Open Source personal productivity suite for Windows, Macintosh and Linux, that gives you six feature-rich applications for all your document production and data processing needs: Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Math and Base. Support and documentation is free from our large, dedicated community of users, contributors and developers. You, too, can also get involved!
Contents
LibreOffice in Arch Linux
Official support for OpenOffice.org was dropped in favor of LibreOffice. See Dropping Oracle OpenOffice (arch-general).
LibreOffice is the "Document Foundation fork" in the extra repository, which includes enhancements and features.
Installation
Stable version
Ensure that the fonts ttf-dejavu and artwiz-fonts are installed before continuing, otherwise LibreOffice will display rectangles instead of text.
Download and install the base for stable and/or beta and/or devel:
# pacman -S libreoffice
Since version 3.4.2rc1, LibreOffice has been split. The install will give you a menu prompting for which components to install. As the language pack for en-US is no longer included by default, you will need to install at least 1 language pack. The default language is Afrikaans (because it is alphabetically the first provider of libreoffice-langpack), the previous default (en-US) is at number 24:
[user@home ~]# pacman -S libreoffice :: There are 12 members in group libreoffice: :: Repository extra 1) libreoffice-base 2) libreoffice-calc 3) libreoffice-common 4) libreoffice-draw 5) libreoffice-gnome 6) libreoffice-impress 7) libreoffice-kde4 8) libreoffice-math 9) libreoffice-postgresql-connector 10) libreoffice-sdk 11) libreoffice-sdk-doc 12) libreoffice-writer Enter a selection (default=all): resolving dependencies... :: There are 108 providers available for libreoffice-langpack: :: Repository extra 1) libreoffice-af 2) libreoffice-am 3) libreoffice-ar 4) libreoffice-as 5) libreoffice-ast 6) libreoffice-be 7) libreoffice-bg 8) libreoffice-bn 9) libreoffice-bn-IN 10) libreoffice-bo 11) libreoffice-br 12) libreoffice-brx 13) libreoffice-bs 14) libreoffice-ca 15) libreoffice-ca-XV 16) libreoffice-cs 17) libreoffice-cy 18) libreoffice-da 19) libreoffice-de 20) libreoffice-dgo 21) libreoffice-dz 22) libreoffice-el 23) libreoffice-en-GB 24) libreoffice-en-US 25) libreoffice-en-ZA 26) libreoffice-eo 27) libreoffice-es 28) libreoffice-et 29) libreoffice-eu 30) libreoffice-fa 31) libreoffice-fi 32) libreoffice-fr 33) libreoffice-ga 34) libreoffice-gd 35) libreoffice-gl 36) libreoffice-gu 37) libreoffice-he 38) libreoffice-hi 39) libreoffice-hr 40) libreoffice-hu 41) libreoffice-id 42) libreoffice-is 43) libreoffice-it 44) libreoffice-ja 45) libreoffice-ka 46) libreoffice-kk 47) libreoffice-km 48) libreoffice-kn 49) libreoffice-ko 50) libreoffice-kok 51) libreoffice-ks 52) libreoffice-ku 53) libreoffice-lb 54) libreoffice-lo 55) libreoffice-lt 56) libreoffice-lv 57) libreoffice-mai 58) libreoffice-mk 59) libreoffice-ml 60) libreoffice-mn 61) libreoffice-mni 62) libreoffice-mr 63) libreoffice-my 64) libreoffice-nb 65) libreoffice-ne 66) libreoffice-nl 67) libreoffice-nn 68) libreoffice-nso 69) libreoffice-oc 70) libreoffice-om 71) libreoffice-or 72) libreoffice-pa-IN 73) libreoffice-pl 74) libreoffice-pt 75) libreoffice-pt-BR 76) libreoffice-ro 77) libreoffice-ru 78) libreoffice-rw 79) libreoffice-sa-IN 80) libreoffice-sat 81) libreoffice-sd 82) libreoffice-sh 83) libreoffice-si 84) libreoffice-sk 85) libreoffice-sl 86) libreoffice-sq 87) libreoffice-sr 88) libreoffice-ss 89) libreoffice-st 90) libreoffice-sv 91) libreoffice-sw-TZ 92) libreoffice-ta 93) libreoffice-te 94) libreoffice-tg 95) libreoffice-th 96) libreoffice-tn 97) libreoffice-tr 98) libreoffice-ts 99) libreoffice-tt 100) libreoffice-ug 101) libreoffice-uk 102) libreoffice-uz 103) libreoffice-ve 104) libreoffice-vi 105) libreoffice-xh 106) libreoffice-zh-CN 107) libreoffice-zh-TW 108) libreoffice-zu Enter a number (default=1):
Alternatively, you can install it this way:
# pacman -S libreoffice-{en-US,common,base,calc,draw,impress,math,writer,gnome,kde4,sdk,sdk-doc}
Check the recommended optional dependencies pacman suggests. E.g. install a Java Runtime Environment (optional, highly recommended). See: Java. You will need hsqldb-java to use Libreoffice Base.
Development version
You will need the PKGBUILD.XX which is in the ABS with the stable version of libreoffice-common
Actually (2012-12) the development version is the 4.0 so the PKGBUILD is called PKGBUILD.40
See Getting PKGBUILD files with abs.
Alternatively you can get it with yaourt:
$ yaourt -G libreoffice-common
Or in this page download PKGBUILD.XX:
https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/trunk?h=packages/libreoffice
Once you have the PKGBUILD.XX rename it in PKGBUILD.
Then run makepkg to build libreoffice in the folder of the PKGBUILD:
$ makepkg -S
This can take several hours depending on your system. Once it's over and successful you will have *.pkg.tar.xz files which you can install (example for 4.0beta2) with:
# pacman -U libreoffice-common-4.0.0-0.beta2.1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz libreoffice-writer-4.0.0-0.beta2.1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
This will install libreoffice writer and if you'r using gnome install libreoffice-writer-4.0.0-0.beta2.1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
Theme
For Qt integration, install the package libreoffice-kde4.
For GTK integration, install the package libreoffice-gnome.
Even if you are not running one of these desktop environments and thus do not need to "integrate" with them, you may still wish to install these packages so that libreoffice will use non-default gtk or qt themes. For example, libreoffice on e17 uses the default "ugly" (aka "win95") theme; installing libreoffice-gnome will allow you to select a more pleasant gtk theme.
Extension management
Arch is shipping some additional extensions. We currently ship these extensions: pdfimport presentation-minimizer presenter-screen report-builder wiki-publisher ct2n hunart numbertext oooblogger typo watch-window diagram.
- If you find any of them useful install it
# pacman -S libreoffice-extension-nlpsolver libreoffice-extension-foo ...
Check the built-in LibreOffice Extension manager or Get extensions Online if you want to install more extensions.
Language Aids
Spell checking
For spell checking, you will need hunspell and a language dictionary for hunspell (like hunspell-en for English, hunspell-de for German, etc).
Hyphenation rules
For hyphenation rules, you will need hyphen and a language hyphen rule set (hyphen-en for English, hyphen-de for German, etc).
Thesaurus
For the thesaurus option, you will need libmythes and a mythes language thesaurus (like mythes-en for English, mythes-de for German, etc)).
Grammar checking
For grammar checking, you will need to install an extension such as LanguageTool, which can be found in the AUR: libreoffice-extension-languagetoolAUR or the LanguageTool Website.
Other grammar tools can also be found on the LibreOffice Extension Page or OpenOffice's Website. Not all OpenOffice extensions are guaranteed to work with LibreOffice.
Installing Macros
In most Linux distros, the default path for macros is:
~/.openoffice.org/3/user/Scripts/
The path for this directory for LibreOffice in Arch Linux is:
~/.config/.libreoffice/3/user/Scripts/
Another thing to note is that if you intend to use macros, you must have a JRE enabled, use of a JRE is default behaviour; but disabling its use is listed in the speed tweaks below.
Running LibreOffice
If you want to run a specific module of LibreOffice (instead of the LibreOffice default Startcenter (/usr/bin/soffice
is still included for fallback reasons)), use the following script front-ends:
- Writer (Word processor)
-
/usr/bin/libreoffice --writer
or/usr/bin/soffice --writer
- Calc (Spreadsheet editor)
-
/usr/bin/libreoffice --calc
- Impress (Presentation editor)
-
/usr/bin/libreoffice --impress
- Draw (Vector graphics editor)
-
/usr/bin/libreoffice --draw
- Math (Formula Editor)
-
/usr/bin/libreoffice --math
- Base (Database front-end)
-
/usr/bin/libreoffice --base
As of LibreOffice version 3.5.x it tries to magically autodetect your desktop UI using the following magic if proper libs will be found:
gtk3 -> gtk2 -> kde4 -> generic
To force the use of a certain VCL UI interface use one of this:
SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen lowriter SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=kde4 lowriter SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gtk lowriter SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gtk3 lowriter
The new gtk3 UI is still marked upstream as experimental and will only be available if you enable "experimental features" in LibO main configuration dialog.
Speed up LibreOffice
Some settings may improve LibreOffice's loading time and responsiveness. However, some also increase RAM usage, so use them carefully. They can all be accessed under Tools > Options.
- Under Memory:
- Reduce the number of Undo steps to a figure lower than 100, to something like 20 or 30 steps.
- Under Graphics cache, set Use for LibreOffice to 128 MB (up from the original 20MB).
- Set Memory per object to 20MB (up from the default 5MB).
- If you use LibreOffice often, check LibreOffice Quickstarter.
- Under Java, uncheck Use a Java runtime environment.
Troubleshooting
Font substitution
These settings can be changed in the LibreOffice options. From the drop-down menu, select Tools > Options > LibreOffice > Fonts. Check the box that says Apply Replacement Table. Type Andale Sans UI
in the font box and choose your desired font for the Replace with option. When done, click the checkmark. Then choose the Always and Screen only options in the box below. Click OK.
You will then need to go to Tools > Options > LibreOffice > View, and uncheck "Use system font for user interface". If you use a non-antialised font, such as Arial, you will also need to uncheck "Screen font antialiasing" before menu fonts render correctly.
Anti-aliasing
Execute
$ echo "Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault" | xrdb -merge
To make the change persistent, add Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault
to your ~/.Xresources
file, and make sure to run xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources
. [1]. See X resources for more details.
If this does not work, you can also try adding Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault
to your ~/.Xdefaults
. If you do not have this file, you will have to create it.
LibreOffice looks ugly
If you do not have the same look and feel as you were used to in OpenOffice, it is likely that you did not install the required packages to make it look nice. See the Theme section.
If OpenOffice hangs when trying to open or save a document located on a NFS share, try prepending the following lines with a #
in /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice
(or /usr/bin/soffice
if using go-openoffice):
# file locking now enabled by default SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING=1 export SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING
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Fixing Java Framework Error
You may get the following error when you try to run OpenOffice.
[Java framework] Error in function createSettingsDocument (elements.cxx). javaldx failed!
If so, give yourself ownership of ~/.config/
like so:
sudo chown -vR username:users ~/.config
LibreOffice does not detect my certificates
If you cannot see the certificates when trying to sign a document, you will need to have the certificates configured in Mozilla Firefox (or Thunderbird). If after that LibreOffice still does not show them, set the MOZILLA_CERTIFICATE_FOLDER
environment variable to point to your Mozilla Firefox (or Thunderbird) folder.
export MOZILLA_CERTIFICATE_FOLDER=$HOME/.mozilla/firefox/XXXXXX.default/
Run .pps files in edit mode (without slideshow)
The only solution is to rename .pps file in .ppt
Add the following script to your home directory and use it to open every .pps file. Very useful to open .pps files received by email without the need to save them.
#!/bin/bash f=`mktemp` cp "$1" "${f}.ppt" && libreoffice "${f}.ppt" && rm -f "${f}.ppt"
Bibliography problems
If writer falls while you try open bibliography database with this error:
com::sun::star::loader::CannotActivateFactoryException
Install libreoffice-base, it's contains needed component.