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I have installed LibreOffice 3.4.1.

On the website it say that it has global menu support. This doesn't work.

I have downloaded a newer version of the package lo-menubar which doesn't work either. I don't know if it is the newest version.

I've tried the LibreOffice v3.4.0 workaround but that also did not work.

Is it possible to get the Application menu working for LibreOffice 3.4?

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The extension mentioned in the other posts only works for x86_64!

So if you have a 32bit Ubuntu, as I do, that won't work for you.

I found a way to make it work, tough. Certainly, it's not the most elegant way, since I have no idea how to create a Libreoffice extension from source.

You can download the modified extension for 32bit here: lo-menubar.oxt Download it, open it, agree in Libreoffice to install it, restart Libreoffice.

I hope I didn't violate any licenses…

If you don't trust me or your just curious what I did, here is what I did:

Download the extension that was mentioned in the other answers: lo-menubar.oxt

Get the 32bit deb from the Ubuntu repositories. Open a terminal and enter:

apt-get download lo-menubar

If you didn't change the directory, a file called *lo-menubar_0.1.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb* should be in your home folder.

Now open lo-menubar.oxt with the archive manager: Right click on the lo-menubar.oxt, open with archive manager (I hope it's called like that, I am using Ubuntu in German)

Now both files should be open, each in an archive manager window.

In lo-menubar.oxt:

  1. Remove the Linux_x86_64 folder
  2. Change into the folder META-INF
  3. Extract manifest.xml (just drag it onto your desktop)
  4. Right click on the extracted manifest.xml - open it with a text editor
  5. Find *platform=Linux_x86_64"* and change it into *platform=Linux_x86"*
  6. Find *Linux_x86_64/menubar.uno.so"* and change it into *Linux_x86/menubar.uno.so"*
  7. Save the manifest.xml and close your text editor
  8. Drag the manifest.xml back into the archive manager, which has lo-menubar.oxt opened, to overwrite that file
  9. Go back to the root folder of lo-menubar.oxt, keep it open.

Open the lo-menubar_0.1.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb with the archive manager: Right click on lo-menubar_0.1.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb, open with archive manager

  1. Change into the folder: /usr/lib/libreoffice/share/extensions/menubar/
  2. Drag the Linux_x86 folder into the lo-menubar.oxt

Close everything and open the lo-menubar.oxt. Restart Libreoffice.

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  • Thank you this did the trick. For the 32 bit the 64 bit is below.
    – Rens
    Commented Jul 10, 2011 at 14:20
  • I've done it and uploaded the new extension to my hotmail account were you can download it at: skydrive.live.com/…
    – Rens
    Commented Jul 11, 2011 at 9:19
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I'm sorry for jumping the gun on this, as I didn't noticed I wasn't running the latest version.

This should work for libreoffice 64 bit

The debs from LibreOffice.org won't use Ubuntu's libreoffice-gtk package and installs to /opt breaking lo-menubar Install lo-menubar package, not the code...

However the standalone extension mentioned by DoR does work out of the box.

If it doesn't try to reinstall LibO 3.4.1 properly:

  1. cd to the folder with LibO debs
  2. Remove older versions:
    • sudo apt-get remove libreoffice* lo-menubar
  3. Install Libre Office:
    • sudo dpkg -i *.deb desktop-integration/*.deb
  4. Install the lo-menubar extension (v0.1.0)
  5. Close LibreOffice for the changes to take effect.

Note: The menubar doesn't work on Start Center and it may cause visual artifacts in its UI, its a known issue.

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    This breaks libre office 3.4. I've downloaded a newer version that doesn't work
    – Rens
    Commented Jul 1, 2011 at 18:24
  • Yes...me too. It has broken libreoffice 3.4.1 and i'm trying to figure it out how to solve this....
    – Jorge Pinho
    Commented Jul 1, 2011 at 18:46
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    @Jorge Pinho you'll have to have the new version from here bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=47502 in the question is a link with the extension too
    – Rens
    Commented Jul 1, 2011 at 18:54
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    Then you better ask a question rather than comments here. It seems that the lo-menubar package installed the core of the previous 3.3.x version of LibreOffice.
    – Binarylife
    Commented Jul 1, 2011 at 22:09
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    @Jorge Pinho I'm sorry if my answer just complicated such a simple matter. Follow the procedure I posted, it should work.
    – sergio91pt
    Commented Jul 2, 2011 at 10:41
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Currently there's no way to integrate LibreOffice 3.4 into the Global Menu.

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    One google later : omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/03/…. Don't know if this helps Rens, but it certainly explains why you've been voted down.
    – Scaine
    Commented Jul 2, 2011 at 17:04

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