Then install a language dictionary for hunspell like hunspell-en_us for American English or hunspell-de for German (check the AUR if your language is not in the official repositories). On Arch, the following packages may be installed for the fonts:įor spell checking, please make sure hunspell is properly installed this should be the case for both still and fresh LibreOffice versions. The Document Foundation wiki mentions various fonts that are packaged by default with LibreOffice on Windows and macOS.

libreoffice-extension-writer2latex, which can convert Writer documents to LaTeX files įor more extensions, check the AUR, the built-in LibreOffice Extension manager, or libreplanet.

libreoffice-extension-texmaths, which can create LaTeX mathematical equations (as PNG or SVG images) inside Writer, Impress, and Draw.

The following additional extensions are available: Alternatively, use the -nologo CLI option. If you prefer to disable the startup logo screen with loading progress, open /etc/libreoffice/sofficerc, find the Logo= line and set it to Logo=0. These variables can be uncommented in /etc/profile.d/libreoffice-fresh.sh or /etc/profile.d/libreoffice-still.sh.

To force the use of a certain VCL UI interface, use one of the SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen, SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gtk3, or SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=kf5 environment variables.

LibreOffice will try to auto detect the most suitable VCL UI interface based on your desktop environment. See also Uniform look for Qt and GTK applications. LibreOffice includes support for GTK and Qt theme integration. You may need hsqldb2-java AUR to use some modules in LibreOffice Base. If you use HSQLDB Embedded in LibreOffice Base, you must install a Java Runtime Environment. For the SDK install libreoffice-fresh-sdk.Ĭheck the optional dependencies pacman displays.The British English language pack ( libreoffice-fresh-en-gb) should not be confused with the pack for Ukranian ( libreoffice-fresh-uk) or Breton ( libreoffice-fresh-br).Currently, LibreOffice detects your system defaults and sets as locale setting manual installation of a language pack is no longer mandatory, required only for localized user interface. In the past, the installation of at least 1 language pack was required.

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