1.libreoffice is listed in (gui manager) installed application, and if they are choosen to be shown in application list manually, they compare.
2.files like xlsx are linked to archivemanager instead to bo open with libreoffice. Other documentsmfiles same issue.
3.from some weeks i have passed to hexchat. To run it, sometimes, i have to open a shell and call it, because sometimes (I dont remeber if 100% of the times) it isnt listed in application list.
4.libreoffice always installed from sources (dpkg -i *deb, from tar.gz downloaded from official site), and hexchat installed trougth apt-get install

Due to the age of the OS (Kali Moto [v1], Kali Safi [v2], Kali Rolling 2016.x), these legacy versions are no longer supported.
We will be closing this ticket due to inactivity.

Please could you see if you are able to replicate this issue with the latest version of Kali Linux - https://www.kali.org/downloads/)?

If you are still facing the same problem, feel free to re-open the ticket. If you choose to do this, could you provide more information to the issue you are facing,and also give information about your setup?
For more information, please read: https://kali.training/topic/filing-a-good-bug-report/

Sorry If i re-open this, but it was the only way to add comment:

• I tried in latest "stable" (live) version of Kali available (2025.2 / 2025-04-30)
• I tried with both dpkg, apt-get & apt

Once downloaded the latest version of Libreoffice currently available (25.2.4.3) I run this commands in the DEB extracted folder:

• dpkg -i ./*.deb
• apt-get install ./*.deb
• apt install ./*.deb

Between each command I run apt/apt-get remove/purge libreoffice*; yes, I have tried with remove and purge separately between the installations commands, re-running the previous installation used command, with both apt and apt-get (a total of 4 removing installation commands tests, for each intallation command).

in LIVE system (I dont have a Kali system installed to test its behavior) in the menu, under "Usual Application" > "Office", there are available the labels of each libreoffice piece of software, with a "gear" icon (broken link) once removed.
Being a tiny different problem from the original one, I leave to the team the choice to close this ticket or analyse it, cause it is probably just a menu-cache problem once removed. Furthermore, in a live system, a problem like that of "broken link" in the menu is something really low priority.

Let me know if you need further actions from my side. Always happy to support!