Hei,

I am trying to install the LibraryOffice Excel. I manage to install, but the application hangs*1 and not open.

I am doing a online course, the applications and installation of 'VM Virtual box' was done for me (I really don't know how to start, everything is pre-set), but I manage to install LibraryOffice using sudo command.

On the readme file from Library Office package has a following message (LibreOffice_7.2.2.2_Linux_x86-64_rpm --> package used):

"
Difficulties starting LibreOffice (e.g. applications hang) as well as problems with the screen display are often caused by the graphics card driver. If these problems occur, please update your graphics card driver or try using the graphics driver delivered with your operating system. Difficulties displaying 3D objects can often be solved by deactivating the option "Use OpenGL" under 'Tools - Options - LibreOffice - View - 3D view'.
"

but I could not find "'Tools - Options - LibreOffice - View - 3D view'."

I tried some commands that I saw in the intent as "$ sudo get-apt XXXX" but the computer don't recognized 'get-apt'.

I tried "$ sudo yum update all", but I get this message:

"
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, security
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
epel/metalink | 4.1 kB 00:00
* epel: ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de
http://vault.centos.org/centos/6/os/...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] problem making ssl connection
Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: base. Please verify its path and try again
"

Below is the configuration of the pc:
"
[cloudera@quickstart ~]$ lscpu
Architecture: x86_64
CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order: Little Endian
CPU(s): 1
On-line CPU(s) list: 0
Thread(s) per core: 1
Core(s) per socket: 1
Socket(s): 1
NUMA node(s): 1
Vendor ID: GenuineIntel
CPU family: 6
Model: 78
Stepping: 3
CPU MHz: 2399.864
BogoMIPS: 4799.72
L1d cache: 32K
L1i cache: 32K
L2 cache: 256K
L3 cache: 3072K
NUMA node0 CPU(s): 0

uname -a
Linux quickstart.cloudera 2.6.32-358.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Feb 22 00:31:26 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[cloudera@quickstart ~]$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 78
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6200U CPU @ 2.30GHz
stepping : 3
cpu MHz : 2399.864
cache size : 3072 KB
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 22
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc up rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 cx16 pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 movbe popcnt aes xsave avx rdrand lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch fsgsbase invpcid
bogomips : 4799.72
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 39 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

CentOS release 6.4 (Final)
LSB_VERSION=base-4.0-amd64:base-4.0-noarch:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch
cat: /etc/lsb-release.d: Is a directory
CentOS release 6.4 (Final)
CentOS release 6.4 (Final)
cpe:/o:centos:linux:6:GA
"

please help , I just want open a spreadsheet application to continue my course!!

*1 - I am able to see in the bottom of my window but few seconds
disappear.

Many thanks

Itamara

There is no such software.

Excel is the spreadsheet application in Microsoft Office.

The office suite you're trying to install is "LibreOffice" (not "LibraryOffice"), and its spreadsheet application is "Calc".


What is the online course for?

If LibreOffice is required why was it not provided?

Have you tried asking the course tutors?


It is very unlikely it says "get-apt" - it probably says "apt-get" - which is a tool for Debian/.deb-based distros.

On the other hand, "yum" is a tool for RHEL/.rpm-based distros.

This suggests you're using CentOS 6, which is no longer supported.

If this OS was provided by the course, you need to talk to the course organizers about this.

Also, it is not surprising that trying to install LibreOffice 7.2 (released October 2021) would be failing on CentOS 6.4 (which is six versions behind the 6.10 that stopped being supported last year).


If your course requires a spreadsheet application then why is it not already installed like everything else?

(Have you actually checked whether LibreOffice Calc or another application is already installed?)

Again, the people providing this course should be supporting you in the issues you encounter.

Welcome to LinuxQuestions.

The requirements for LibreOffice 7.2.2 is glibc 2.17 and kernel 3.10 or higher

Your CentOS 6 VM is kernel is 2.6.32 with glibc version 2.12.

CentOS 6 went end of life in 2020 with the last version of 6.10 and from what I can tell so has quickstart Cloudea VM. Your version is 6.4 which is why you can not connect using ssl to vault.centos.org site. Even though 7.2.2 was install it will not run in your virtual machine. The version that was installed with CentOS 6 was 4.x.

I don't know if gnumeric is installed or if it will successfully open your Excel file. Your better off going to a current linux distribution but I don't know how your running this VM so I can not suggest alternatives at the moment.

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Hei, boughtonp

Thanks for your answer.

I did try to contact them (the course tutors and support), no answers...
About the "LibreOffice" (not "LibraryOffice"), I did a mistype here (sorry). It is actually "LibreOffice". I managed to install but it hangs...
I tried to use "oocalc" in the terminal, (like the assignment suggested but is not working.
"
$ oocalc
bash: oocalc: command not found
"
ps. calc, Calc also not found.

And I check if there is any other spreadsheet application. but I could not find it.

Do you have any suggestions? I just want a spreadsheet application :-(

Thanks
Itamara

Hei michaelk,

I don't know what to do...
Appreciate your feedback.
The course that I am doing is "Big Data Modeling and Management Systems"....
Now I don't know if I continue just to learn the theory behind or if I should skip and find a new one...
Anyhow many many many thanks.
:-)

Itamara

Well "oocalc" is almost certainly OpenOffice Calc. (OpenOffice is software which LibreOffice forked from, and is now a different office suite managed by Apache.)

I don't know if old versions of LibreOffice still used that name or not - it may be someone has taken an old course for OpenOffice and only partially updated it.

On my system, LibreOffice Calc can be started via the terminal with "libreoffice --calc", but as a GUI application it doesn't actually run in the terminal, so I'm not sure the benefit of that versus pressing the Meta key and using the main application menu of whatever desktop environment you're using.


If the course just needs a spreadsheet / office suite you could try a different OS - for example, Linux Mint comes with LibreOffice pre-installed.

You can install libreoffice in Windows. Does the course require other programs running in linux?

If your Windows 10 PC has sufficient "computing power" and memory you can run an up to date distribution like Mint as suggested under VirtualBox.

The current version certainly doesn't, it's 'localc'.

And yes, the root of the problem seems to be some sort of outdated and not very good online course.