¿How can i only install *some* parts of LibreOffice on Manjaro Linux?
Hi, i'm on Manjaro Linux using libreoffice-fresh and the package installs every component of the office suite. I only ever tend to use Calc as well as Writer, so how would i have only those installed? The others are just on my computer serving no purpose.
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I guess (theoretically) you can [try to] install only libreoffice-calc and/or libreoffice-writer if you wish but will anyway add a lot of common packages too (like libreoffice-base-core, libreoffice-common and others).
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You unfortunately can't do this (at least with standard Arch-based package installation). The libreoffice-fresh package contains all LibreOffice applications, including Calc.
I thought there might be an AUR package doing what you want, but I can't find one. You could install libreoffice-fresh and then manually delete the files you don't want if you really want to do this, but I wouldn't recommend it. |
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pacman -Si libreoffice-still There are alternatives, that don't work as well Code:
pacman -Si abiword |
The way it's configured, the remaining components - Draw, Math, and Impress - don't really take up that much disk space. I suppose you could try uninstalling those packages, but I don't know what the unintended consequences would be.
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LibreOffice is one program with libraries for the various applications. Doing everything in one program is very impressive engineering, but not modular.
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Libreoffice has separate packages for each component, in addition to common libraries. I think it's possible to install only one component, but I've never bothered to try that. I don't know what libraries would be installed that way.
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If Manjaro chooses to do it that way, that's not the fault of the LibreOffice deveopers. The suite is about as modular as an office suite could be, other than having separate programs and no actual suite.
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To the OP.
If you want to alter an official arch package, go get the PKGBUILD, edit it, edit the source if you need to, use makepkg, install it with pacman. Then after you build it and install it, you are responsible for it. Read these. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Build_System https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Makepkg https://www.archlinux.org/packages/e...eoffice-fresh/ Here is the PKGBUILD https://github.com/archlinux/svntogi...trunk/PKGBUILD You can get the source files and alter them however you wish. Bunch of libre in the AUR. You can get an idea of how to make a PKGBUILD for what you are trying to do. https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?K=libreoffice&SB=p You are not stuck. |
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are available individually. Depends how important these are for you. Also, from what other people say on here you would avoid Manjaro's Microsoft-like updates. :-). And, as teckk said: "that is a huge piece of software". |
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Well, i guess then that's not that important. Also how does Manjaro have Microsoft-like updates? |
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Hello yabobay As for the updates, have a look at Manjaro's sub-forum in "Distributions". (and that wasn't meant to be an entirely serious comment...) Regarding your original post - it appeared important enough to create a thread, and I would suggest if it is that important then why not create a USB with Ubuntu (or one of the lighter versions) and run Calc & Writer off that? Best of both worlds. :-) |
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