# Libreoffice runs with gtk

**URL:** <https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/libreoffice-runs-with-gtk/5854>\
**Category:** Aurora\
**Created:** [December 22, 2024, 7:04pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/libreoffice-runs-with-gtk/5854 "2024-12-22T19:04:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![curiouscat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@curiouscat](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/curiouscat)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2024, 7:04pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/libreoffice-runs-with-gtk/5854/1 "2024-12-22T19:04:07Z")

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Switched from kde workstation to aurora and it is great not haveing to do a thing to set things up. But… I find that libreoffice writer runs with gtk and not with QT like on workstation. On kde workstation it installs from fedora repo’s but now I am using flatpak. Any idea’s on how to iron this problem out

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**Author:** ![red11](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/red11/32/3696_2.png) [@red11](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/red11)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 7:34am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/libreoffice-runs-with-gtk/5854/2 "2024-12-23T07:34:22Z")

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From [LibreOffice flatpak site:](https://www.libreoffice.org/download/flatpak/) _“The LibreOffice Flatpak is using LibreOffice’s GTK3 backend.”_

If you really want LibreOffice with QT, then maybe install it inside distrobox. The simplest way is to use BoxBuddy. I have written instructions for some other program, [how to install program in distrobox using BoxBuddy](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/how-to-install-art-a-fork-of-rawtherapee-on-bluefin-was-how-to-compile-a-program/4612/2), but it should be obvious how to use LibreOffice instead.