Pi 5 8 GB + NVMe. The LibreOffice installed from the Pi OS software manager is old and has a horrible user interface on my machine. I am wondering if it is worth making it current and usable. Is anyone using the latest LibreOffice on a Pi?
I have heaps of documentation in .odt format on an Intel based notebook. I would like to copy some to my Pi 5 for reading during development then, sometimes, updating with comments about the Pi based versions of things. I have 24.2.7 on the notebook. There is an ancient version in the Pi OS Bookworm. I expect that any new features of LO 24 will be dropped when I update on the Pi and would like the latest version of LO on the Pi.
I am using only the writer for documentation, not calc or anything else. If the writer has not changed, the old version might work. I am thinking bout how to compare two writer documents, one before and the one after editing on a Pi 5.
Has anyone upgraded without compiling?
Is compiling LO on the Pi 5 practical?
Both machines have the same size and resolution screen. The Pi 5 version of LO has a mass of stuff squashed in the headings as if it is expecting a 40 inch 4K screen. Every other application runs fine in the Pi OS. Can I copy the LO user profile from my Linux notebook to get the same screen layout? Are there any special tricks needed for Wayland?
My alternative, the one I use for my Pi 4, is to export from LO to text, follow the text on the Pi 4, update the text, then copy the text back for comparison on the notebook. This works when the changes are just little bits in one place. Dozens of changes in a 150 page document are lost.
Then there are the screen shots and the print, scribble on the print, options.
I have heaps of documentation in .odt format on an Intel based notebook. I would like to copy some to my Pi 5 for reading during development then, sometimes, updating with comments about the Pi based versions of things. I have 24.2.7 on the notebook. There is an ancient version in the Pi OS Bookworm. I expect that any new features of LO 24 will be dropped when I update on the Pi and would like the latest version of LO on the Pi.
I am using only the writer for documentation, not calc or anything else. If the writer has not changed, the old version might work. I am thinking bout how to compare two writer documents, one before and the one after editing on a Pi 5.
Has anyone upgraded without compiling?
Is compiling LO on the Pi 5 practical?
Both machines have the same size and resolution screen. The Pi 5 version of LO has a mass of stuff squashed in the headings as if it is expecting a 40 inch 4K screen. Every other application runs fine in the Pi OS. Can I copy the LO user profile from my Linux notebook to get the same screen layout? Are there any special tricks needed for Wayland?
My alternative, the one I use for my Pi 4, is to export from LO to text, follow the text on the Pi 4, update the text, then copy the text back for comparison on the notebook. This works when the changes are just little bits in one place. Dozens of changes in a 150 page document are lost.
Then there are the screen shots and the print, scribble on the print, options.
Statistics: Posted by peterlite — Mon Jan 06, 2025 12:06 am