Re: LibreOffice help? - BLFS 12.4

Rainer Fiebig ([email protected] via blfs-support Mailing List) wrote:
> Am 10.09.25 um 14:08 schrieb rhubarbpieguy ([email protected]
> via blfs-support Mailing List):
>> Rainer Fiebig ([email protected] via blfs-support Mailing List) wrote:
>>> 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 'linkswww.linuxfromscratch.org' work from the command line?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     -- Bruce
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, 'linkswww.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
>>>
>>>
>> The suggestion was made to try lynx.  That turned out to be a good
>> thought as after compiling lynx a screen comes up at a command line with
>> F1 although it's skeletal.  Links does not.
>>
>> But using your suggestion I get the full text help screen with links.
>> If I delete links I get the full text help screen with lynx.  No GUI
>> program launches.
> Hm.  I just took a quick look at the dependencies for LO.  There's no
> browser listed.  But AFAIK a browser is needed for LO-help.  Has that
> been overlooked?  Or am I wrong here?  In Firefox even java-script has
> to be enabled for the LO help-pages to be displayed.
>
>> I just noticed "Not all attributes could be read." displays when opening
>> a file.
> Maybe java-script needs to be enabled, like in Firefox.  Apart from lynx
> and links: don't you have Firefox installed on your system?
>
> Rainer
>
>

I have OpenJDK-24.0.2-bin in opt and see such in LibreOffice 
/Options/Advanced.  Vendor does show N/A.  I don't know if that's a problem.

My GUI browser might be the answer.  In my never-ending quest to 
decrease compiling time I compiled Seamonkey and omitted 
Firefox/Thunderbird with 12.4.  However, the Seamonkey browser is 
working and is listed with xdg-open:

browser:firefox:iceweasel:seamonkey:mozilla:epiphany:konqueror:chromium:chromium-

But to experiment, I loaded a binary version of Firefox yesterday and 
GUI help still didn't display.

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