Re: [libreoffice-users] offline Help LO 25.8.4.2

Hello,

I do the same with the help in French. I install the helppack_en-US and
helppack_fr and everything works well. Do remember that even if you
have the offline help installed, the help is still displayed using your
default browser. Did you have a look at the URL of the help? In my
environment (Fedora 42), if I open the LibreOffice Help from Writer,
this is the URL of the page that gets called:

French locale:
file:///home/opt/libreoffice25.8/help/fr/text/shared/05/new_help.html?S
ystem=UNIX&DbPAR=WRITER&HID=.uno:HelpIndex#bm_id3806162
English locale: file:///home/opt/libreoffice25.8/help/en-
US/text/shared/05/new_help.html?System=UNIX&DbPAR=WRITER&HID=.uno:HelpI
ndex#bm_id3806162

These are pointing to my local installation, not a page from the LO
help site which is something more like this:

https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/fr/text/shared/05/new_help.html?&DbPAR=SHARED&System=UNIX

I hope this helps.
Rémy.

Le vendredi 16 janvier 2026 à 17:11 +0100, ht.lists@gmail.com a écrit :
> Hi all,
>
>
> Using LibreOffice (25.8.45.2) on my Debian 13 (Trixie) – see below -
> I just decided to enable Dutch UI-language:
>  
>
> Downloaded and installed LibreOffice_25.8.4.2_Linux_x86-
> 64_deb_langpack_nl: works perfect!
>  
>
> I also prefer offline Help instead of online. So downloaded it for
> both EN-us and nl:
>  
>
> LibreOffice_25.8.4.2_Linux_x86-64_deb_helppack_en-US and
>
> LibreOffice_25.8.4.2_Linux_x86-64_deb_helppack_nl
>
>  
>
> Both installed without any problems but both don’t work: both in
> English and Dutch (nl) interface my browser (Firefox) starts with LO
> Help when invoking Help.
>
> Setting: "Warn if local help is not installed" is enabled and -
> properly - doesn’t warn: offline Help is installed.
>
>  
>
> Any idea what I do wrong?
>
>  
>
> Thanks for any tip, I will try them
>
>  
>
> Hans Troost
>
>  
>
> LibreOffice version:
>
> ------------
>
> Version: 25.8.4.2 (X86_64)
>
> Build ID: 290daaa01b999472f0c7a3890eb6a550fd74c6df
>
> CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 6.12; UI render: default; VCL: kf5
> (cairo+wayland)
>
> Locale: nl-NL (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
>
> Calc: threaded
>
>  
>
> My (Virtual) Machine:
>
> -----------
>
> OS: Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie) x86_64
>
> Host: VirtualBox (1.2)
>
> Kernel: Linux 6.12.63+deb13-amd64
>
> Uptime: 11 mins
>
> Packages: 1997 (dpkg)
>
> Shell: bash 5.2.37
>
> Display (Virtual-2): 1200x1795 @ 60 Hz
>
> Display (Virtual-1): 2560x1315 @ 60 Hz
>
> DE: KDE Plasma 6.3.6
>
> WM: KWin (Wayland)
>
> WM Theme: Breeze
>
> Theme: Breeze (Dark) [Qt], Breeze-Dark [GTK2], Breeze [GTK3]
>
> Icons: breeze-dark [Qt], breeze-dark [GTK2/3/4]
>
> Font: Inter (11pt) [Qt], Inter (11pt) [GTK2/3/4]
>
> Cursor: breeze (24px)
>
> Terminal: konsole 25.4.2
>
> CPU: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1260P (4) @ 2.50 GHz
>
> GPU: VMware SVGA II Adapter
>
> Memory: 2.40 GiB / 7.76 GiB (31%)
>
> Swap: 0 B / 7.45 GiB (0%)
>
> Disk (/): 11.68 GiB / 36.37 GiB (32%) - ext4
>
> Disk (/home): 5.38 GiB / 27.33 GiB (20%) - ext4
>
> Local IP (enp0s3): 192.168.1.217/24
>
> Battery (1): 79% [AC Connected]
>
> Locale: en_US.UTF-8

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