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Just to save anyone else some time, my attempt to use the binary from the LibreOffice Web site via rpm2tgz failed with...
Code:
bash-5.0$ /opt/libreoffice6.2/program/soffice
Warning: failed to read path from javaldx
/opt/libreoffice6.2/program/soffice.bin: symbol lookup error: /opt/libreoffice6.2/program/libvclplug_gtk3lo.so: undefined symbol: gdk_wayland_display_get_type
...unless I'm missing an easy workaround.
Like Kgha above I have OpenOffice installed from the rpms in the same way as my usual Office system. Compatibility with work and I know where the UI bugs are. I like to keep an eye on LibreOffice however as I admire their refactoring of a 20+ year old code base.
Is anyone getting the download from their site to work?
I'm getting an error -
Quote:
/opt/libreoffice6.2/program/soffice.bin: symbol lookup error: /opt/libreoffice6.2/program/libvclplug_gtk3lo.so: undefined symbol: gdk_wayland_display_get_type
I made a mistake this morning and installed the rpms. But I later went back and did the rpm2tgz and then installed the tgz packages with installpkg. Do you think it is something related to having installed the rpms first? I have since removed the rpms.
Oops. Just noticed the post above. Looks like this is a problem with their install.
I tried 6.15 and it's working fine. I'll stay there for now until this gets sorted out.
Last edited by NakedRider; 02-08-2019 at 02:14 PM.
Reason: text about rpm problem
Just to save anyone else some time, my attempt to use the binary from the LibreOffice Web site via rpm2tgz failed with...
Code:
bash-5.0$ /opt/libreoffice6.2/program/soffice
Warning: failed to read path from javaldx
/opt/libreoffice6.2/program/soffice.bin: symbol lookup error: /opt/libreoffice6.2/program/libvclplug_gtk3lo.so: undefined symbol: gdk_wayland_display_get_type
...unless I'm missing an easy workaround.
Like Kgha above I have OpenOffice installed from the rpms in the same way as my usual Office system. Compatibility with work and I know where the UI bugs are. I like to keep an eye on LibreOffice however as I admire their refactoring of a 20+ year old code base.
FYI the 32bit 6.2.0 binary works fine. Just the 64bit has the problem mentioned above.
I guess it's compiled against some wayland stuff.
Why Google Docs? With a desktop app there's no Internet connection required, and that's a huge advantage wherever connectivity is spotty or inexistent.
Yes, all OpenOffice 4.1.x and LibreOffice whatever I get from the rpms. Round trip editing at work (Windows 10 for Education with OpenOffice installed alongside MS Office 2013), and between my Slackware laptop and desktop at home.
I've been using OpenOffice (and Libre) since the v1 days so I have basically got used to it and its quirks, and I particularly like the maths formula editor, which uses an eqn like code. I don't process data of any size and I don't need advanced layout functions. I also don't need to exchange files with MS Office people that often. So my 'use case' is nice and simple.
I did try Calligra's Words, but not compatible for graphics objects with oOo/LO so not usable for me.
For documents I don't mind Google having access to, which I don't need to edit on my actual physical system, that's fine.
For documents I'd rather keep private, and for documents I'd like to edit without a network connection (I frequently do personal work on my laptop from a diner), having applications actually on my system are a must.
jove is my every-day editor, xfig and inkscape for drawing diagrams, sel and perl for processing structured data, and LibreOffice for the fancier stuff (even though I'm usually just using it to convert spreadsheets to .csv, or word files to .pdf).
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