frgomes / trader-soffice

Option trading analysis for LibreOffice

Installing LibreOffice with Python on Debian

1. Install libreoffice and python3 globally

   $ sudo apt install libreoffice libreoffice-calc python3-uno -y

2. Create virtual environment

It is always recommended to create a separate virtual environment for every work with Python. For some oppinionated information and guidance about this topic, please visit:

http://github.com/frgomes/bash-scripts

In other words, execute the commands below:

$ curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/frgomes/bash-scripts/master/unsafe/bashrc-up | sh

The open a new terminal and create a virtual environment for working on this project, like this:

$ mkvirtualenv soffice --system-site-packages
$ workon soffice

If everything is according to plan, wyou shoudl see a message "(soffice)" at the beginning of your prompt, like this:

(soffice) [2024-07-26 23:33:23] rgomes@mars:~/Sync$

Great! You are now inside a virtual environment intended to work on this project.

Connecting to a LibreOffice server instance

1. Open LibreOffice in listening mode

   $ soffice --calc --accept="socket,host=localhost,port=2002;urp;StarOffice.ServiceManager"

2. Run a simple test program, which actually only tests the ability to import UNO library:

   $ python3 price_analysis.py

References

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8I8uGjaXA8