Bug 166722 - Clicking on "Help" makes LibreOffice crash
Summary: Clicking on "Help" makes LibreOffice crash
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 165980
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
25.2.3.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
: medium normal
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Reported: 2025-05-25 11:34 UTC by Cutter
Modified: 2025-05-26 10:45 UTC (History)
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Description Cutter 2025-05-25 11:34:29 UTC 
Description:
Clicking on "Help" from anywhere in LibreOffice causes a crash, whether it is from the "Libreoffice Help" menu, or a "Help" button in a dialog.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Click on Help > LibreOffice Help

Actual Results:
A crash

Expected Results:
Help is displayed


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes

Additional Info:
OS: Fedora 42

Version: 25.2.3.2 (X86_64)
Build ID: 520(Build:2)
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 6.14; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: fr-FR (fr_FR.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 Julien Nabet 2025-05-25 21:26:53 UTC 
Do you use the help package of your distrib?
If yes, uninstall it for the moment (LO will use help online).

Indeed, there's a bug (https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=165980) which has been fixed from next release 25.2.4
Comment 2 Cutter 2025-05-26 10:44:51 UTC 
Thanks, removing the help packages worked.
Comment 3 Cutter 2025-05-26 10:45:08 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 165980 ***