Re: LibreOffice help? - BLFS 12.4

Am 09.09.25 um 00:03 schrieb rhubarbpieguy ([email protected]
via blfs-support Mailing List):
> Bruce Dubbs ([email protected] via blfs-support Mailing List) wrote:
>> On 9/8/25 4:25 PM, rhubarbpieguy ([email protected] via
>> blfs-support Mailing List) wrote:
>>> Bruce Dubbs ([email protected] via blfs-support Mailing List) wrote:
>>>> On 9/8/25 2:47 PM, tjoen ([email protected] via blfs-support Mailing
>>>> List) wrote:
>>>>> On 9/8/25 9:08 PM, rhubarbpieguy ([email protected] via
>>>>> blfs-support Mailing List) wrote:
>>>>>>> Regardless, I compiled links, xmlto, and xdg-utils but then receive:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is a shellscript.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     /bin/xdg-open: line 1037: lynx: command not found
>>>>>>
>>>>>> invisible-mirror.net/archives/lynx/tarballs
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, but I compiled links so is lynx relevant?  The relevant
>>>>>> /bin/xdg- open section?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>      # if BROWSER variable is not set, check some well known
>>>>>> browsers instead
>>>>>>      if [ x"$BROWSER" = x"" ]; then
>>>>>>          BROWSER=www-browser:links2:elinks:links:lynx:w3m
>>>>>>          if has_display; then
>>>>>> BROWSER=x-www-
>>>>>> browser:firefox:iceweasel:seamonkey:mozilla:epiphany:konqueror:chromium:chromium-
>>>>>> browser:google-chrome:$BROWSER
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As I compiled links shouldn't it hit?
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know why links doesn't work, no experience with it.
>>>>> Not in $PATH ? Not executable?
>>>>> Possible needs both links and lynx.
>>>>
>>>> Does 'links www.linuxfromscratch.org' work from the command line?
>>>>
>>>>   -- Bruce
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Yes, 'links www.linuxfromscratch.org' works.
>>>
>>> Assuming others can access help and xdg-utils is needed, should
>>> xdg-utils be added as a free-standing dependency as cups can be
>>> disabled?
>>
>> Cups is 'Recommended' for libreoffice.  See the 'Notes on Building
>> Software' page (Look for 'Dependencies') for a full definition of
>> recommended, but a part of it says  'if a recommended dependency is
>> not installed, the built package may lack some important
>> functionalities.'  We cannot realistically cover all the different
>> combinations so we leave it up to the users to troubleshoot and fix
>> issues when deviating from the book.  We do consider omitting a
>> recommended dependency as deviating, but let the user know that they
>> can be omitted if they accept the potential limitations.
>>
>>   -- Bruce
>>
>>
> Got it.  But the xdg-utils/xdg-open problem is still outstanding.  I
> don't see what I've done wrong.  Unless I hear otherwise I'll try
> rebuilding LibreOffice with Cups and xdg-utils.
What happens if you try to open one of the help-htmls directly with
xdg-open, like

xdg-open /opt/libreoffice/help/en/text/scalc/main0000.html

In my system the page opens in Firefox (java-script enabled) as was to
be expected.

Rainer

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