On 2020/06/18 16:18, Chris Dunn wrote: > I'm posting this here because I don't believe it is a bug, but something > weird that has happened to LibreOffice on my system. ... > I'm desperate to get LO running again and would appreciate any suggestions.
Back up everything in your Document directory. If you have added an extensive collection of clip-art, colour palettes, templates, wordbooks, NGrams, etc. back up your user directory, and the appropriate parts of /opt/libreoffice/share (Palette, Gallery, classification, images, template are the most likely suspects from opt/libreoffice/share.) (Database, gallery are the most likely suspects from /libreoffice/4/user/.) Delete the LibreOffice directory ( Probably opt/libreoffice ) Delete ~/.config/libreoffice From the commandline run: sudo apt-get remove LibreOffice sudo apt-get purge LibreOffice sudo apt-get clean sudo apt-get autoclean sudo apt-get check sudo apt-get autoremove What these commands do * sudo apt-get remove LibreOffice This removes the binary files associated with LibreOffice * sudo apt-get purge LibreOffice This removed the package files and the configuration files associated with LibreOffice * sudo apt-get clean This clears out the local repository of retrieved package files * sudo apt-get autoclean This removes retrieved packages files from the local repository, if they can no longer be downloaded. * sudo apt-get check This updates the package cache, looking for broken dependencies * sudo apt-get autoremove This automatically removes packages that were installed, because other packages depended upon them, but they are no longer needed. Basically, what you are doing with this sequence of commands, is clearing out your local repository of anything related to LibreOffice, and then removing any trace of LibreOffice from your system. Now, once you are sure that LibreOffice is nowhere on your system. Download the LibreOffice binaries from https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download/?type=deb-x86_64&version=6.4.4&lang=en-US http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/6.4.4/deb/x86_64/LibreOffice_6.4.4_Linux_x86-64_deb_helppack_en-US.tar.gz Adjust the language, if you do not use US English. Adjust the binaries, if you are on a 32 bit Debian system. If you don't want offline help, you can skip the second download. unzip the archives I usually move the DEB for help and the language into the folder for the US-English version. Change into the folder created by the zip file cd DEB sudo pckg -i * cd DEB moves you into the DEB sub-folder sudo pckg -i * This is installs LibreOffice on your system. You'll have to reconfigure LibreOffice ">Tools >Options" etc. This is where you customize some of the internals. Language, grammar checking, chart colours, etc. ">Tools >Customize" etc. This is where you customize the menu and keystroke settings. ">Tools >Extension Manager". This is where to install the extensions. You will need to reinstall your extensions. ### Note: I make a lot of changes to LibreOffice defaults, and add a number of extensions. Consequently, your system might have the files in different place, and might not have everything I listed as likely suspects. I'm also assuming that if you use NGrams, TMX, word2vec, and similar obscure word-checking tools, you've got those files archived elsewhere. If you haven't backed them up, you really need to do so. jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy