is there anyway I can build libreoffice without X11?

[fpemud]

libreoffice supports wayland since the 2010s.

But there's still the following dependencies in libreoffice ebuild:
x11-libs/cairo[X]
x11-libs/libXinerama
x11-libs/libXrandr
x11-libs/libXrender
...

Is there anyway I can build libreoffice without X11?
I'd like to use it in a wayland only environment (without Xwayland), even if certain advanced features become unavailable.

I have walked through this post, but it doesn't contain much detail:
https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/building- ... k/122016/5

[!!!]

app-office/libreoffice can be compiled without gtk AND without qt.

Maybe that helps? The thing is huge so good luck ;)

[Goverp]

In a word, no.
There's an open libreoffice bug for this.

[wildhorse]

Libreoffice can be turned into a wayland application. In 15 years it is going to revolutionise the Linux desktop user experience. But first it needs to be rewritten in Rust.

Seriously, for the sake of completeness, I like to add to the comment made by "!!!" that adding

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app-office/libreoffice -gtk3 -gtk4 -kde -qt6

to /etc/portage/package.use turns libreoffice from an awful user experience into a snappy application.

[asturm]

app-office/libreoffice can be compiled without gtk AND without qt.

Using one of those toolkits is actually going to be the only way to build LO without X11 libraries, once that will be possible.

It should be obvious that the thread starter had already looked at the ebuild and is asking for something that is currently not possible with it.

[Banana]

Moderation note.

I do need to clarify two things:
1. The topic is indeed a support request, albeit not really solvable. So moved back to the DE forum. My bad.
2. A response and a reminder to wildhorse and this response about how we discuss things here:
Try to help in a respectful way and try to stay on topic.
Don't project your view about things on others and don't change the course of a topic into a problem of your own liking.
And please follow our Forum Guidelines.

Thank you.

[fpemud]

I have successfully built a modified version of libreoffice-25.2.5.2.ebuild:

1. eliminate gui-libs/gtk[X], x11-libs/gtk+[X], x11-libs/cairo[X] dependencies.
(this action makes many other packages free from X11)

2. add the patch in this bug into ebuild file.
(I believe this patch removes "window embed" function, which uses X11)

3. add "--disable-gen" to myeconfargs variable in src_configure() function.
(--disable-gen removes the fallback libreoffice VCL plugin that uses X11)

4. add "--disable-skia" to myeconfargs variable in src_configure() function.
(don't know what Skia is and why Skia needs X11)

5. USE="-pdfimport" must be used when emerging.
(it seems libreoffice uses app-text/poppler to import pdf, which needs xpdf, then xpdf pulls in X11)

[fictitiousexistence]

fpemud: Were you able to just get libreoffice to compile or, was it also launching and functioning?

If it was functioning, would you mind sharing if you have the latest version 'libreoffice-25.2.7.2-r1' working and if there were any other changes?

Thanks.

[fpemud]

My libreoffice-25.2.5.2 launches and functions well, I'm using it daily.

But unfortunately libreoffice-25.2.7.2-r1 fails to compile. I'll leave a note here if I can fix it.