Dear LibreOffice folks,
Wanting to run LibreOffice on a Google Chromebook with Chrome OS
117.0.5938.157, one can enable the Linux development environment, a VM
running Debian 11 (bullseye/oldstable), and install LibreOffice 7.0.4
into it:
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install libreoffice # 1:7.0.4-4+deb11u7
The German tutorial *LibreOffice unter Google Chrome OS auf einem
Chromebook nutzen* [1] says to disable create of lock files by editing
`/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice` and commenting out the lines below:
SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING=1 export
SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING
Then, under expert settings `useLocking` and `UseDocumentOOoLockfile`
need to be set to `false`.
Does somebody know, why this is needed? Could LibreOffice be improved to
enable/disable file locking at runtime depending on the environment?
Kind regards,
Paul
[1]:
https://linux-in-der-schule.de/2021/05/03/libreoffice-unter-google-chrome-os-auf-einem-chromebook-nutzen/
