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Re: LibreOffice Writer and GTK3 - heads up

dummy@example.com (Altoid) — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:50:04 +0000

Hello:

fsmithred wrote:

... need to install libreoffice-gnome ...

Seeing that I do not use [gnome-desktop], I don't think I can come up with a reason to need [libreoffice-gnome].

fsmithred wrote:

... and do not exclude Recommends to get libreoffice-gtk3 ...

Right.
Thanks for searching (and finding) the cause of this.

It would seem that someone at the [Libre Office] dependencies department is not paying attention to what they are doing.

Have a good week-end. 8^)

Best,

Re: LibreOffice Writer and GTK3 - heads up

dummy@example.com (fsmithred) — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:53:47 +0000

Looks like you need to install libreoffice-gnome and do not exclude Recommends to get libreoffice-gtk3 automatically.

LibreOffice Writer and GTK3 - heads up

dummy@example.com (Altoid) — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:21:47 +0000

Hello:

I type on LO Writer in languages requiring the use of special characters:

ie:
Ccute/grave accents, circumflex or diaeresis/umlauts on vowels - [á é í ó ú] [à è ì ò ù] [â ê î ô û] [ä ë ï ö ü] and so on.

For some reason, after one of the last LO upgrades, this [using the AltGr key] stopped working.
Much to my chagrin, the answer came through the Google 'AI' thing and not as a post by anyone using LO.

TL;DR:
Make sure that you have the [libreoffice-gtk3] package installed, if it is not, the [AltGr key] stops working.

rant
How come this did not come included with the bloody #$%& LO upgrade?
/rant

Best,