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I have LibreOffice 6.2.2.2 installed as a Flatpak. Everything works fine but when I go to the menu Help -> LibreOffice Help I get the message:

LibreOffice Help Not Installed

How can I install the offline help for the Flatpak LibreOffice?

I managed to download the help package there: http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/6.2.2/deb/x86_64/LibreOffice_6.2.2_Linux_x86-64_deb_helppack_en-US.tar.gz (link found on the LibreOffice download page https://www.libreoffice.org/download).

The help package contains subfolders /opt/libreoffice6.2/help/en-US/ and /opt/libreoffice6.2/help/media/ with *.html help files and some other *.js files.

Is there a way one can use this package to install the offline help for the Flatpak LibreOffice installation?

PS: I'm aware that I need the help version for the corresponding LibreOffice version, and that the help language must match the LibreOffice UI language.

The Quark
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In a terminal, enter:

sudo flatpak install flathub org.libreoffice.LibreOffice.Help

see: https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/installing-offline-help-for-current-flatpak-installation/50319

Dad4Linux
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Clearly, LO is pointed to files that are not present. We need to put the correct files where LO expects them.

After years of no response from LibreOffice forum and this forum, and by tinkering, this is what worked for me in both Ubuntu 22 and Pop_OS 22:...

1). Go the LibreOffice webpage, find the section for help files, download the language and flatpak files you need. (In my case, UK language, Ubuntu, flatpak).

2). Use the file manager, Nautilus, to search for LibreOffice.Help. Note the location of this directory, and be ready to copy it and contents. In my case, the directory I needed to copy is: /org.libreoffice.LibreOffice.Help

3). In Nautilus, find this directory: /Home/.local/share/flatpak/runtime. To confirm you have the correct directory, look for this subdirectory: /org.libreoffice.LibreOffice.Locale

4/ Copy the /org.libreoffice.LibreOffice.Help directory ... into ... /Home/.local/share/flatpak/runtime directory.

5/ Restart LO, and click the Help icon. If LO asks which app to use to open the help, choose your default browser (Firefox, in my case). voila! Offline help function works now.

hope this helps.

rob grune
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