diff -Nru writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/changelog writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/changelog
--- writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/changelog	2025-12-28 14:09:34.000000000 +0100
+++ writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/changelog	2025-12-29 10:25:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,32 @@
+writer2latex (1.6.1-5) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * debian/patches/fix-config-default.xml.diff: fix up default.xml template
+  * debian/patches/dont-use-supertabular.diff: add config to use avoid using
+    supertabular.
+    Does not work since texlive 2025.06
+  * debian/patches/texlive-2025.diff: add patch - supposed to fix the above
+    according to https://github.com/latex3/latex2e/issues/1781 but doesn't -
+    disabled
+  * debian/patches/remove-supertabular-usage.diff: add (manually applied, see
+    below) patch to remove supertabular usage completely from the code
+
+  * debian/writer2latex.install:
+    install source/java/writer2latex/latex/config/default.xml
+    into /etc/writer2latex/default.xml
+  * debian/patches/w2l-default-config.diff: use w2l
+    -config=/etc/writer2latex/default.xml
+  * debian/rules: build oxt with remove-supertabular-usage.diff applied
+    (use those for populate the packages) and after that w2l "correctly".
+  * debian/tests/*: convert sample-article.odt and run pdflatex on it
+    (user-manual.odt hangs pdflatex...)
+  * debian/control: clean up suggests/recommends:
+    - only suggest www-browser | pdf-viewer | libreoffice-writer in
+      writer2latex
+    - recommend texlive-latex-recommended in (libreoffice-)writer2latex
+    - recommend libreoffice-writer in libreoffice-writer2{latex,xhtml}
+
+ -- Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>  Mon, 29 Dec 2025 10:25:56 +0100
+
 writer2latex (1.6.1-4) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * install xhtml-config-sample extension in libreoffice-writer2xhtml
diff -Nru writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/control writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/control
--- writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/control	2025-12-28 14:08:10.000000000 +0100
+++ writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/control	2025-12-29 10:25:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@
  default-jre | java8-runtime,
  libwriter2latex-java,
  ${misc:Depends},
-Recommends:
+Suggests:
  www-browser | x-www-browser | pdf-viewer | libreoffice-writer,
+Recommends: texlive-latex-recommended
 Description: OpenOffice.org Writer/Calc to LaTeX/XHTML converter
  Writer2LaTeX is a java utility to convert OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice
  documents – in particular documents containing formulas – into other
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@
 Enhances:
  libreoffice-calc,
  libreoffice-writer,
+Recommends: libreoffice-writer, texlive-latex-recommended
 Description: Writer/Calc to LaTeX converter extension for LibreOffice
  Writer2LaTeX is a java utility to convert OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice
  documents – in particular documents containing formulas – into other
@@ -148,6 +150,7 @@
 Enhances:
  libreoffice-calc,
  libreoffice-writer,
+Recommends: libreoffice-writer
 Description: Writer/Calc to XHTML converter extension for LibreOffice
  Writer2LaTeX is a java utility to convert OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice
  documents – in particular documents containing formulas – into other
diff -Nru writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/patches/dirs.diff writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/patches/dirs.diff
--- writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/patches/dirs.diff	2025-12-28 14:08:10.000000000 +0100
+++ writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/patches/dirs.diff	2025-12-29 10:25:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -10,13 +10,6 @@
  
  # If the required JVM is not in your path, or the path is not set by JAVA_HOME,
  # please edit the following line to contain the full path and file name
-@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@
- JAVAEXE="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
- fi
- 
--$JAVAEXE -jar "$W2LPATH/writer2latex.jar" "$@"
-\ Kein Zeilenumbruch am Dateiende.
-+$JAVAEXE -jar "$W2LPATH/writer2latex.jar" "$@"
 diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
 index ff7e492..c9fae53 100644
 --- a/build.xml
diff -Nru writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/patches/dont-use-supertabular.diff writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/patches/dont-use-supertabular.diff
--- writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/patches/dont-use-supertabular.diff	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/patches/dont-use-supertabular.diff	2025-12-29 10:25:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# supertabular is broken in texlive >= 2025.06. See
+# see https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/750538/supertabular-became-wrong-in-texlive-2025-06-02
+# avoid it.
+
+Index: writer2latex/source/java/writer2latex/latex/config/default.xml
+===================================================================
+--- writer2latex.orig/source/java/writer2latex/latex/config/default.xml
++++ writer2latex/source/java/writer2latex/latex/config/default.xml
+@@ -4,5 +4,7 @@
+      This is a sample configuration file for Writer2LaTeX.
+  -->
+ <config>
++  <option name="use_longtable" value="true" />
++  <option name="use_supertabular" value="false" />
+ </config>
+ 
+
+diff --git a/source/oxt/w2lconfig/config/article.xml b/source/oxt/w2lconfig/config/article.xml
+index e185ca7..3e77d8d 100644
+--- a/source/oxt/w2lconfig/config/article.xml
++++ b/source/oxt/w2lconfig/config/article.xml
+@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
+   <option name="use_endnotes" value="false" />
+   <option name="use_ulem" value="false" />
+   <option name="use_lastpage" value="true" />
++  <option name="use_longtable" value="true" />
++  <option name="use_supertabular" value="false" />
+   <option name="use_bibtex" value="true" />
+   <option name="bibtex_style" value="plain" />
+   <option name="formatting" value="ignore_most" />
diff -Nru writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/patches/fix-config-default.xml.diff writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/patches/fix-config-default.xml.diff
--- writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/patches/fix-config-default.xml.diff	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/patches/fix-config-default.xml.diff	2025-12-29 10:25:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/source/java/writer2latex/latex/config/default.xml b/source/java/writer2latex/latex/config/default.xml
+index dda78e6..1c84bd7 100644
+--- a/source/java/writer2latex/latex/config/default.xml
++++ b/source/java/writer2latex/latex/config/default.xml
+@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
+ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+ <!-- default.xml
+      This is a sample configuration file for Writer2LaTeX.
+-     It sets no options, thus using defaults everywhere
+  -->
+-
+-<config/>
++<config>
++</config>
+ 
diff -Nru writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/patches/remove-supertabular-usage.diff writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/patches/remove-supertabular-usage.diff
--- writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/patches/remove-supertabular-usage.diff	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/patches/remove-supertabular-usage.diff	2025-12-29 10:25:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,354 @@
+# supertabular is broken in texlive >= 2025.06. See
+# see https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/750538/supertabular-became-wrong-in-texlive-2025-06-02
+# avoid it.
+# I didn't succeed getting a libreoffice with defauöt document and default --convert-to to honour any config with this
+# so just do a big hammer and remove supertabular.sty usage completely. Should come back when texlive is fixed...
+
+diff --git a/source/distro/samples/config/google-docs-config.xml b/source/distro/samples/config/google-docs-config.xml
+index f509a70..bce00aa 100644
+--- a/source/distro/samples/config/google-docs-config.xml
++++ b/source/distro/samples/config/google-docs-config.xml
+@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
+   <option name="ignore_hard_page_breaks" value="true" />
+   <option name="ignore_hard_line_breaks" value="true" />
+   <option name="ignore_double_spaces" value="true" />
+-  <option name="use_supertabular" value="false" />
+   <option name="simple_table_limit" value="10000" />
+   <option name="wrap_lines_after" value="0" />
+   <option name="debug" value="false" />
+diff --git a/source/java/org/openoffice/da/comp/writer2latex/ConfigurationDialog.java b/source/java/org/openoffice/da/comp/writer2latex/ConfigurationDialog.java
+index bfd2b9f..49e0ae5 100644
+--- a/source/java/org/openoffice/da/comp/writer2latex/ConfigurationDialog.java
++++ b/source/java/org/openoffice/da/comp/writer2latex/ConfigurationDialog.java
+@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public final class ConfigurationDialog extends ConfigurationDialogBase implement
+         			"RemoveNextClick", "LoadDefaultsClick", // Styles
+         		"UseSoulChange", "FormattingAttributeChange", "CustomAttributeChange", // Characters
+         		"ExportGeometryChange", "ExportHeaderAndFooterChange", // Pages
+-        		"NoTablesChange", "UseSupertabularChange", "UseLongtableChange", // Tables
++        		"NoTablesChange", "UseLongtableChange", // Tables
+         		"NoImagesChange", // Figures
+         		"MathSymbolNameChange", "NewSymbolClick", "DeleteSymbolClick",
+         		"TextInputChange", "NewTextClick", "DeleteTextClick" // Text and Math
+@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ public final class ConfigurationDialog extends ConfigurationDialogBase implement
+     }
+     	
+     // The page "Tables"
+-    // This page handles the options table_content, use_tabulary, use_colortbl, use_multirow, use_supertabular, use_longtable,
++    // This page handles the options table_content, use_tabulary, use_colortbl, use_multirow, use_longtable,
+     // table_first_head_style, table_head_style, table_foot_style, table_last_foot_style
+ 	// Limitation: Cannot handle the values "error" and "warning" for table_content
+     private class TablesHandler extends PageHandler {
+@@ -696,7 +696,6 @@ public final class ConfigurationDialog extends ConfigurationDialogBase implement
+         	checkBoxFromConfig(dlg,"UseColortbl","use_colortbl");
+         	checkBoxFromConfig(dlg,"UseTabulary","use_tabulary");
+         	//checkBoxFromConfig(dlg,"UseMultirow","use_multirow");
+-        	checkBoxFromConfig(dlg,"UseSupertabular","use_supertabular");
+         	checkBoxFromConfig(dlg,"UseLongtable","use_longtable");
+         	textFieldFromConfig(dlg,"TableFirstHeadStyle","table_first_head_style");
+         	textFieldFromConfig(dlg,"TableHeadStyle","table_head_style");
+@@ -712,7 +711,6 @@ public final class ConfigurationDialog extends ConfigurationDialogBase implement
+         	checkBoxToConfig(dlg,"UseColortbl","use_colortbl");
+         	checkBoxToConfig(dlg,"UseTabulary","use_tabulary");
+         	//checkBoxToConfig(dlg,"UseMultirow","use_multirow");
+-        	checkBoxToConfig(dlg,"UseSupertabular","use_supertabular");
+         	checkBoxToConfig(dlg,"UseLongtable","use_longtable");
+         	textFieldToConfig(dlg,"TableFirstHeadStyle","table_first_head_style");
+         	textFieldToConfig(dlg,"TableHeadStyle","table_head_style");
+@@ -726,10 +724,6 @@ public final class ConfigurationDialog extends ConfigurationDialogBase implement
+     			checkBoxChange(dlg);
+     			return true;
+     		}
+-    		else if (sMethod.equals("UseSupertabularChange")) {
+-    			checkBoxChange(dlg);
+-    			return true;
+-    		}
+     		else if (sMethod.equals("UseLongtableChange")) {
+     			checkBoxChange(dlg);
+     			return true;
+@@ -739,21 +733,19 @@ public final class ConfigurationDialog extends ConfigurationDialogBase implement
+     	
+     	private void checkBoxChange(DialogAccess dlg) {
+     		boolean bNoTables = dlg.getCheckBoxStateAsBoolean("NoTables");
+-    		boolean bSupertabular = dlg.getCheckBoxStateAsBoolean("UseSupertabular");
+     		boolean bLongtable = dlg.getCheckBoxStateAsBoolean("UseLongtable");
+     		dlg.setControlEnabled("UseColortbl", !bNoTables);
+     		dlg.setControlEnabled("UseTabulary", !bNoTables);
+     		dlg.setControlEnabled("UseMultirow", false);
+-    		dlg.setControlEnabled("UseSupertabular", !bNoTables);
+-    		dlg.setControlEnabled("UseLongtable", !bNoTables && !bSupertabular);
+-    		dlg.setControlEnabled("TableFirstHeadLabel", !bNoTables && (bSupertabular || bLongtable));
+-    		dlg.setControlEnabled("TableFirstHeadStyle", !bNoTables && (bSupertabular || bLongtable));
+-    		dlg.setControlEnabled("TableHeadLabel", !bNoTables && (bSupertabular || bLongtable));
+-    		dlg.setControlEnabled("TableHeadStyle", !bNoTables && (bSupertabular || bLongtable));
+-    		dlg.setControlEnabled("TableFootLabel", !bNoTables && (bSupertabular || bLongtable));
+-    		dlg.setControlEnabled("TableFootStyle", !bNoTables && (bSupertabular || bLongtable));
+-    		dlg.setControlEnabled("TableLastFootLabel", !bNoTables && (bSupertabular || bLongtable));
+-    		dlg.setControlEnabled("TableLastFootStyle", !bNoTables && (bSupertabular || bLongtable));
++    		dlg.setControlEnabled("UseLongtable", !bNoTables);
++    		dlg.setControlEnabled("TableFirstHeadLabel", !bNoTables && bLongtable);
++    		dlg.setControlEnabled("TableFirstHeadStyle", !bNoTables && bLongtable);
++    		dlg.setControlEnabled("TableHeadLabel", !bNoTables && bLongtable);
++    		dlg.setControlEnabled("TableHeadStyle", !bNoTables && bLongtable);
++    		dlg.setControlEnabled("TableFootLabel", !bNoTables && bLongtable);
++    		dlg.setControlEnabled("TableFootStyle", !bNoTables && bLongtable);
++    		dlg.setControlEnabled("TableLastFootLabel", !bNoTables && bLongtable);
++    		dlg.setControlEnabled("TableLastFootStyle", !bNoTables && bLongtable);
+     		dlg.setControlEnabled("TableSequenceLabel", !bNoTables);
+     		dlg.setControlEnabled("TableSequenceName", !bNoTables);
+     	}    
+diff --git a/source/java/writer2latex/latex/LaTeXConfig.java b/source/java/writer2latex/latex/LaTeXConfig.java
+index bfa9ed7..e69d721 100644
+--- a/source/java/writer2latex/latex/LaTeXConfig.java
++++ b/source/java/writer2latex/latex/LaTeXConfig.java
+@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ public class LaTeXConfig extends writer2latex.base.ConfigBase {
+     private static final int USE_HYPERREF = 21;
+     private static final int USE_CAPTION = 22;
+     private static final int USE_LONGTABLE = 23;
+-    private static final int USE_SUPERTABULAR = 24;
+     private static final int USE_TABULARY = 25;
+     private static final int USE_ENDNOTES = 26;
+     private static final int USE_ULEM = 27;
+@@ -246,7 +245,6 @@ public class LaTeXConfig extends writer2latex.base.ConfigBase {
+         options[USE_HYPERREF] = new BooleanOption("use_hyperref","true");
+         options[USE_CAPTION] = new BooleanOption("use_caption","false");
+         options[USE_LONGTABLE] = new BooleanOption("use_longtable","false");
+-        options[USE_SUPERTABULAR] = new BooleanOption("use_supertabular","true");
+         options[USE_TABULARY] = new BooleanOption("use_tabulary","false");
+         options[USE_ENDNOTES] = new BooleanOption("use_endnotes","false");
+         options[USE_ULEM] = new BooleanOption("use_ulem","false");
+@@ -682,7 +680,6 @@ public class LaTeXConfig extends writer2latex.base.ConfigBase {
+     public boolean useHyperref() { return ((BooleanOption) options[USE_HYPERREF]).getValue(); }
+     public boolean useCaption() { return ((BooleanOption) options[USE_CAPTION]).getValue(); }
+     public boolean useLongtable() { return ((BooleanOption) options[USE_LONGTABLE]).getValue(); }
+-    public boolean useSupertabular() { return ((BooleanOption) options[USE_SUPERTABULAR]).getValue(); }
+     public boolean useTabulary() { return ((BooleanOption) options[USE_TABULARY]).getValue(); }
+     public boolean useEndnotes() { return ((BooleanOption) options[USE_ENDNOTES]).getValue(); }
+     public boolean useUlem() { return ((BooleanOption) options[USE_ULEM]).getValue(); }
+diff --git a/source/java/writer2latex/latex/ParConverter.java b/source/java/writer2latex/latex/ParConverter.java
+index fbe1b31..4e0535f 100644
+--- a/source/java/writer2latex/latex/ParConverter.java
++++ b/source/java/writer2latex/latex/ParConverter.java
+@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ public class ParConverter extends StyleConverter {
+             	bIsGrouped = true;
+             }
+             ba.add(baPar);
+-            // Group the text formatting in any case (supertabular needs this)
++            // Group the text formatting in any case
+             if (!baText.isEmpty() && !bIsGrouped) {
+             	ba.add("{", "}");
+             }
+diff --git a/source/java/writer2latex/latex/TableConverter.java b/source/java/writer2latex/latex/TableConverter.java
+index 88b2cb7..6e2a024 100644
+--- a/source/java/writer2latex/latex/TableConverter.java
++++ b/source/java/writer2latex/latex/TableConverter.java
+@@ -39,12 +39,10 @@ enum RowType {
+ 
+ /** <p>This class converts OpenDocument tables to LaTeX.</p>
+  *  <p>The following LaTeX packages are used; some of them are optional</p>
+- *  <p>array.sty, longtable.sty, supertabular.sty, tabulary.sty, hhline.sty, 
+- *  colortbl.sty.</p>
++ *  <p>array.sty, longtable.sty, tabulary.sty, hhline.sty, colortbl.sty.</p>
+  *  <p>Options:</p>
+  *  <ul>
+  *    <li>use_longtable = true|false</li>
+- *    <li>use_supertabular = true|false</li>
+  *    <li>use_tabulary = true|false</li>
+  *    <li>use_colortbl = true|false</li>
+  *    <li>float_tables = true|false</li>
+@@ -55,7 +53,6 @@ enum RowType {
+  */
+ public class TableConverter extends ConverterHelper {
+     private boolean bNeedLongtable = false;
+-    private boolean bNeedSupertabular = false;
+     private boolean bNeedTabulary = false;
+     private boolean bNeedColortbl = false;
+     private boolean bContainsTables = false;
+@@ -70,7 +67,6 @@ public class TableConverter extends ConverterHelper {
+     public void appendDeclarations(LaTeXDocumentPortion pack, LaTeXDocumentPortion decl) {
+         pack.append("\\usepackage{array}").nl(); // TODO: Make this optional
+         if (bNeedLongtable) { pack.append("\\usepackage{longtable}").nl(); }
+-        if (bNeedSupertabular) { pack.append("\\usepackage{supertabular}").nl(); }
+         if (bNeedTabulary) { pack.append("\\usepackage{tabulary}").nl(); }
+         pack.append("\\usepackage{hhline}").nl(); // TODO: Make this optional
+         if (bNeedColortbl) { pack.append("\\usepackage{colortbl}").nl(); }
+@@ -172,7 +168,6 @@ public class TableConverter extends ConverterHelper {
+             formatter = new TableFormatter(ofr,config,palette,table,!oc.isInMulticols(),oc.isInTable());
+             bContainsTables = true;
+             bNeedLongtable |= formatter.isLongtable();
+-            bNeedSupertabular |= formatter.isSupertabular();
+             bNeedTabulary |= formatter.isTabulary();
+             bNeedColortbl |= formatter.isColortbl();
+ 			
+@@ -200,7 +195,7 @@ public class TableConverter extends ConverterHelper {
+             	else {
+             		rowTypes[nRow] = RowType.BODY;
+             	}
+-            	if (formatter.isLongtable() || formatter.isSupertabular()) {
++            	if (formatter.isLongtable()) {
+             		// Then override with user defined row types where applicable
+             		// (but only for multipage tables)
+             		// The row type is determined from the first paragraph in the first cell
+@@ -223,10 +223,7 @@ public class TableConverter extends ConverterHelper {
+             }
+ 			
+             // Convert table
+-            if (formatter.isSupertabular()) {
+-                handleSupertabular(ldp,ic);
+-            }
+-            else if (formatter.isLongtable()) {
++            if (formatter.isLongtable()) {
+                 handleLongtable(ldp,ic);
+             }
+             else if (config.floatTables() && !ic.isInFrame() && !table.isSubTable()) {
+@@ -240,49 +232,6 @@ public class TableConverter extends ConverterHelper {
+             palette.getNoteCv().flushFootnotes(ldp,oc);
+         }
+ 		
+-        private void handleSupertabular(LaTeXDocumentPortion ldp, Context oc) {
+-            ldp.append(baTableAlign.getBefore());
+-
+-            // Caption
+-            if (caption!=null) {
+-                handleCaption(bCaptionAbove ? "\\topcaption" : "\\bottomcaption", ldp, oc);
+-            }
+-
+-            // Table head
+-            ldp.append("\\tablefirsthead{");
+-            if (hasRowType(RowType.FIRST_HEAD)) {
+-            	handleRows(ldp,oc,RowType.FIRST_HEAD,true,false);
+-            }
+-            else {
+-            	handleRows(ldp,oc,RowType.HEAD,true,false);
+-            }
+-            ldp.append("}\n");
+-            ldp.append("\\tablehead{");
+-            handleRows(ldp,oc,RowType.HEAD,true,false);
+-            ldp.append("}\n");
+-            
+-            // Table foot
+-            ldp.append("\\tabletail{");
+-            handleRows(ldp,oc,RowType.FOOT,true,true);
+-            ldp.append("}\n");
+-            ldp.append("\\tablelasttail{");
+-            if (hasRowType(RowType.LAST_FOOT)) {
+-            	handleRows(ldp,oc,RowType.LAST_FOOT,true,true);
+-            }
+-            else {
+-            	handleRows(ldp,oc,RowType.FOOT,true,true);
+-            }
+-            ldp.append("}\n");
+-
+-            // The table body
+-            handleHyperTarget(ldp);
+-            ldp.append(baTable.getBefore()).nl();
+-            handleRows(ldp,oc,RowType.BODY,true,!hasRowType(RowType.FOOT) && !hasRowType(RowType.LAST_FOOT));
+-            ldp.nl().append(baTable.getAfter()).nl();
+-
+-            ldp.append(baTableAlign.getAfter());
+-        }
+-		
+         private void handleLongtable(LaTeXDocumentPortion ldp, Context oc) {
+             handleHyperTarget(ldp);
+             ldp.append(baTable.getBefore()).nl();
+diff --git a/source/java/writer2latex/latex/TableFormatter.java b/source/java/writer2latex/latex/TableFormatter.java
+index ffcd608..5bb2f79 100644
+--- a/source/java/writer2latex/latex/TableFormatter.java
++++ b/source/java/writer2latex/latex/TableFormatter.java
+@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ public class TableFormatter extends ConverterHelper {
+     private String[][] sCellColor;
+     private String[] sColumnWidth; 
+     private boolean bIsLongtable;
+-    private boolean bIsSupertabular;
+     private boolean bIsTabulary;
+     private boolean bIsColortbl;
+     private boolean bIsSimple;
+@@ -274,8 +273,8 @@ public class TableFormatter extends ConverterHelper {
+             }
+         }
+ 		
+-        // Step 8: Identify longtable, supertabular or tabulary
+-        bIsLongtable = false; bIsSupertabular = false; bIsTabulary = false;
++        // Step 8: Identify longtable or tabulary
++        bIsLongtable = false; bIsTabulary = false;
+         if (!table.isSubTable() && !bIsInTable) {
+             String sStyleName = table.getTableStyleName();
+             StyleWithProperties style = ofr.getTableStyle(sStyleName);
+@@ -284,9 +283,6 @@ public class TableFormatter extends ConverterHelper {
+             if (config.useLongtable() && bMayBreak && bAllowPageBreak) {
+                 bIsLongtable = true;
+             }
+-            else if (config.useSupertabular() && bMayBreak && bAllowPageBreak) {
+-                bIsSupertabular = true;
+-            }
+             else if (!bIsSimple && config.useTabulary()) {
+                 bIsTabulary = true;
+             }
+@@ -300,9 +296,6 @@ public class TableFormatter extends ConverterHelper {
+     /** is this a longtable? */
+     public boolean isLongtable() { return bIsLongtable; }
+     
+-    /** is this a supertabular? */
+-    public boolean isSupertabular() { return bIsSupertabular; }
+-
+     /** is this a tabulary? */
+     public boolean isTabulary() { return bIsTabulary; }
+ 	
+@@ -337,9 +330,9 @@ public class TableFormatter extends ConverterHelper {
+             case 'l': sAlign="flushleft";
+         }
+ 		
+-        // Create table alignment (for supertabular, tabular and tabulary)
++        // Create table alignment (for tabular and tabulary)
+         if (!bIsLongtable && !table.isSubTable()) {
+-        	if (bInFloat & !bIsSupertabular) {
++        	if (bInFloat) {
+         		// Inside a float we don't want the extra glue added by the flushleft/center/flushright environment
+         		switch (cAlign) {
+         		case 'c' : baAlign.add("\\centering\n", ""); break;
+@@ -357,9 +350,6 @@ public class TableFormatter extends ConverterHelper {
+         if (bIsLongtable) {
+             ba.add("\\begin{longtable}["+cAlign+"]", "\\end{longtable}");
+         }
+-        else if (bIsSupertabular) {
+-            ba.add("\\begin{supertabular}","\\end{supertabular}");
+-        }
+         else if (bIsTabulary) {
+             ba.add("\\begin{tabulary}{"+table.getTableWidth()+"}","\\end{tabulary}");
+         }
+@@ -471,4 +461,4 @@ public class TableFormatter extends ConverterHelper {
+ 
+     }
+ 
+-}
+\ No newline at end of file
++}
+diff --git a/source/oxt/writer2latex/W2LDialogs2/Tables.xdl b/source/oxt/writer2latex/W2LDialogs2/Tables.xdl
+index 5adb2b5..5e3d7ac 100644
+--- a/source/oxt/writer2latex/W2LDialogs2/Tables.xdl
++++ b/source/oxt/writer2latex/W2LDialogs2/Tables.xdl
+@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
+   </dlg:checkbox>
+   <dlg:checkbox dlg:id="UseTabulary" dlg:tab-index="2" dlg:left="10" dlg:top="36" dlg:width="240" dlg:height="12" dlg:value="Use tabulary.sty (automatic column width)" dlg:checked="false" dlg:help-url="org.openoffice.da.writer2latex.oxt:ConfigUseTabulary"/>
+   <dlg:checkbox dlg:id="UseMultirow" dlg:visible="false" dlg:tab-index="3" dlg:left="10" dlg:top="50" dlg:width="240" dlg:height="12" dlg:value="Use multirow.sty (support for rowspan)" dlg:checked="false" dlg:help-url="org.openoffice.da.writer2latex.oxt:ConfigUseMultirow"/>
+-  <dlg:checkbox dlg:id="UseSupertabular" dlg:tab-index="4" dlg:left="10" dlg:top="64" dlg:width="240" dlg:height="12" dlg:value="Use supertabular.sty (multipage tables)" dlg:checked="false" dlg:help-url="org.openoffice.da.writer2latex.oxt:ConfigUseSupertabular">
+-   <script:event script:event-name="on-itemstatechange" script:macro-name="vnd.sun.star.UNO:UseSupertabularChange" script:language="UNO"/>
+-  </dlg:checkbox>
+   <dlg:checkbox dlg:id="UseLongtable" dlg:tab-index="5" dlg:left="10" dlg:top="78" dlg:width="240" dlg:height="12" dlg:value="Use longtable.sty (multipage tables)" dlg:checked="false" dlg:help-url="org.openoffice.da.writer2latex.oxt:ConfigUseLongtable">
+    <script:event script:event-name="on-itemstatechange" script:macro-name="vnd.sun.star.UNO:UseLongtableChange" script:language="UNO"/>
+   </dlg:checkbox>
+diff --git a/source/oxt/writer2latex/help/en/org.openoffice.da.writer2latex.oxt/Configuration/Tables.xhp b/source/oxt/writer2latex/help/en/org.openoffice.da.writer2latex.oxt/Configuration/Tables.xhp
+index 25d6c4c..fab08f6 100644
+--- a/source/oxt/writer2latex/help/en/org.openoffice.da.writer2latex.oxt/Configuration/Tables.xhp
++++ b/source/oxt/writer2latex/help/en/org.openoffice.da.writer2latex.oxt/Configuration/Tables.xhp
+@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@
+         <paragraph role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Check this if tabulary.sty should be used to export tables.
+         This package determines column widths automatically which can be useful for tables with a lot of text in each cell.</paragraph>
+         
+-    	<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/org.openoffice.da.writer2latex.oxt:ConfigUseSupertabular" id="bm_configusesupertabular"/>
+-        <paragraph role="heading" level="3" xml-lang="en-US">Use supertabular.sty (multipage tables)</paragraph>
+-        <paragraph role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Check this to use the package supertabular.sty to export tables which may break
+-        across pages.</paragraph>
+-        
+     	<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/org.openoffice.da.writer2latex.oxt:ConfigUseLongtable" id="bm_configuselongtable"/>
+         <paragraph role="heading" level="3" xml-lang="en-US">Use longtable.sty (multipage tables)</paragraph>
+         <paragraph role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Check this to use the package longtable.sty to export tables which may break
diff -Nru writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/patches/series writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/patches/series
--- writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/patches/series	2025-12-28 14:08:10.000000000 +0100
+++ writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/patches/series	2025-12-29 10:25:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -8,3 +8,8 @@
 jaxb-api.diff
 android-JSON.diff
 jbibtex.diff
+#texlive-2025.diff
+fix-config-default.xml.diff
+w2l-default-config.diff
+dont-use-supertabular.diff
+#remove-supertabular-usage.diff
diff -Nru writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/patches/texlive-2025.diff writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/patches/texlive-2025.diff
--- writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/patches/texlive-2025.diff	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/patches/texlive-2025.diff	2025-12-29 10:25:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+--- writer2latex-1.6.1.orig/source/java/writer2latex/latex/TableConverter.java
++++ writer2latex-1.6.1/source/java/writer2latex/latex/TableConverter.java
+@@ -70,7 +70,21 @@ public class TableConverter extends Conv
+     public void appendDeclarations(LaTeXDocumentPortion pack, LaTeXDocumentPortion decl) {
+         pack.append("\\usepackage{array}").nl(); // TODO: Make this optional
+         if (bNeedLongtable) { pack.append("\\usepackage{longtable}").nl(); }
+-        if (bNeedSupertabular) { pack.append("\\usepackage{supertabular}").nl(); }
++        if (bNeedSupertabular) { 
++            pack.append("\\usepackage{supertabular}").nl();
++            // See "Changes to array package" in https://de.overleaf.com/blog/tex-live-2025-is-now-available
++            // and https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/750538/supertabular-became-wrong-in-texlive-2025-06-02 /
++            // https://github.com/latex3/latex2e/issues/1781
++            pack.append("\\makeatletter").nl();
++            pack.append("\\AddToHook{cmd/x@supertabular/after}").nl();
++            pack.append("    {%").nl();
++            pack.append("      \\let\\orig@startpbox@action\\@startpbox@action").nl();
++            pack.append("      \\let\\@startpbox@action\\@startpbox").nl();
++            pack.append("    }").nl();
++            pack.append("\\AddToHook{cmd/ST@restore/after}").nl();
++            pack.append("    {%").nl();
++            pack.append("      \\let\\@startpbox@action\\orig@startpbox@action").nl();
++            pack.append("    }").nl();
++            pack.append("\\makeatother").nl();
++	}
+         if (bNeedTabulary) { pack.append("\\usepackage{tabulary}").nl(); }
+         pack.append("\\usepackage{hhline}").nl(); // TODO: Make this optional
+         if (bNeedColortbl) { pack.append("\\usepackage{colortbl}").nl(); }
diff -Nru writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/patches/w2l-default-config.diff writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/patches/w2l-default-config.diff
--- writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/patches/w2l-default-config.diff	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/patches/w2l-default-config.diff	2025-12-29 10:25:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff --git a/source/distro/w2l b/source/distro/w2l
+index 43713be..f2459e3 100644
+--- a/source/distro/w2l
++++ b/source/distro/w2l
+@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ else
+ JAVAEXE="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
+ fi
+ 
+-$JAVAEXE -jar "$W2LPATH/writer2latex.jar" "$@"
+\ No newline at end of file
++$JAVAEXE -jar "$W2LPATH/writer2latex.jar" -config=/etc/writer2latex/default.xml "$@"
diff -Nru writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/rules writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/rules
--- writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/rules	2025-12-28 14:09:30.000000000 +0100
+++ writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/rules	2025-12-29 10:25:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -10,11 +10,17 @@
 
 override_dh_auto_clean:
 	ant clean
+	rm -rf target-oxt
 
 override_dh_auto_build-indep:
+	patch -p1 < debian/patches/remove-supertabular-usage.diff
+	ant -DURE_CLASSES=/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/classes -DOFFICE_CLASSES=/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/classes oxt
+	patch -p1 -R < debian/patches/remove-supertabular-usage.diff
+	# backup the oxts
+	mv target target-oxt
+	ant clean
 	ant -DURE_CLASSES=/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/classes -DOFFICE_CLASSES=/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/classes jar
 	ant javadoc
-	ant oxt
 
 execute_after_dh_install-indep:
 	install -D -m755 debian/libreoffice-writer2latex.script.bug \
@@ -31,16 +37,16 @@
 
 	mkdir -p debian/libreoffice-writer2latex/usr/lib/libreoffice/share/extensions/writer2latex
 	cd debian/libreoffice-writer2latex/usr/lib/libreoffice/share/extensions/writer2latex && \
-		unzip -o $(CURDIR)/target/lib/writer2latex.oxt
+		unzip -o $(CURDIR)/target-oxt/lib/writer2latex.oxt
 	mkdir -p debian/libreoffice-writer2latex/usr/lib/libreoffice/share/extensions/w2lconfig
 	cd debian/libreoffice-writer2latex/usr/lib/libreoffice/share/extensions/w2lconfig && \
-		unzip -o $(CURDIR)/target/lib/w2lconfig.oxt
+		unzip -o $(CURDIR)/target-oxt/lib/w2lconfig.oxt
 	mkdir -p debian/libreoffice-writer2xhtml/usr/lib/libreoffice/share/extensions/writer2xhtml
 	cd debian/libreoffice-writer2xhtml/usr/lib/libreoffice/share/extensions/writer2xhtml && \
-		unzip -o $(CURDIR)/target/lib/writer2xhtml.oxt
+		unzip -o $(CURDIR)/target-oxt/lib/writer2xhtml.oxt
 	mkdir -p debian/libreoffice-writer2xhtml/usr/lib/libreoffice/share/extensions/xhtml-config-sample
 	cd debian/libreoffice-writer2xhtml/usr/lib/libreoffice/share/extensions/xhtml-config-sample && \
-		unzip -o $(CURDIR)/target/lib/xhtml-config-sample.oxt
+		unzip -o $(CURDIR)/target-oxt/lib/xhtml-config-sample.oxt
 
 override_dh_installchangelogs:
 	dh_installchangelogs source/distro/History.txt
diff -Nru writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/tests/control writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/tests/control
--- writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/tests/control	2025-12-28 14:08:10.000000000 +0100
+++ writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/tests/control	2025-12-29 10:25:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 Tests: convert-test-w2l
-#Depends: writer2latex, texlive-latex-extra, texlive-lang-french
-Depends: writer2latex
+#Depends: writer2latex, texlive-latex-extra
+Depends: writer2latex, texlive-latex-recommended
+#Depends: writer2latex
 Restrictions: allow-stderr
 
 Tests: convert-test-libreoffice-latex
-#Depends: libreoffice-writer-nogui | libreoffice-writer, libreoffice-writer2latex, texlive-latex-extra, texlive-lang-french
-Depends: libreoffice-writer-nogui | libreoffice-writer, libreoffice-writer2latex
+#Depends: libreoffice-writer-nogui | libreoffice-writer, libreoffice-writer2latex, texlive-latex-extra
+Depends: libreoffice-writer-nogui | libreoffice-writer, libreoffice-writer2latex, texlive-latex-recommended
+#Depends: libreoffice-writer-nogui | libreoffice-writer, libreoffice-writer2latex
 Restrictions: allow-stderr
 
 Tests: convert-test-libreoffice-xhtml
diff -Nru writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/tests/convert-test-libreoffice-latex writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/tests/convert-test-libreoffice-latex
--- writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/tests/convert-test-libreoffice-latex	2025-12-28 14:08:10.000000000 +0100
+++ writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/tests/convert-test-libreoffice-latex	2025-12-29 10:25:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -11,9 +11,12 @@
 
 cd $TMP
 libreoffice --headless --convert-to tex:org.openoffice.da.writer2latex $SOURCE_TREE/source/distro/doc/user-manual.odt
-
 # ends up needing supertabular (that's why we depend on texlive-latex-extra), but
 # doesn't work in sid, see https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/750538/supertabular-became-wrong-in-texlive-2025-06-02
+# and hangs pdflatex anyway...
 #cp -v $SOURCE_TREE/source/distro/doc/w2llogo.png .
 #pdflatex user-manual.tex
 
+libreoffice --headless --convert-to tex:org.openoffice.da.writer2latex $SOURCE_TREE/source/distro/samples/latex/sample-article.odt
+pdflatex sample-article.tex
+
diff -Nru writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/tests/convert-test-w2l writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/tests/convert-test-w2l
--- writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/tests/convert-test-w2l	2025-12-28 14:08:10.000000000 +0100
+++ writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/tests/convert-test-w2l	2025-12-29 10:25:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -11,9 +11,14 @@
 
 cd $SOURCE_TREE/source/distro/doc/
 w2l user-manual.odt $TMP/user-manual.tex
-
 # ends up needing superabular (that's why we depend on texlive-latex-extra), but
 # doesn't work in sid, see https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/750538/supertabular-became-wrong-in-texlive-2025-06-02
+# and hangs pdflatex anyway...
 #cp -v $SOURCE_TREE/source/distro/doc/w2llogo.png $TMP
 #cd $TMP
 #pdflatex user-manual.tex
+
+cd $SOURCE_TREE/source/distro/samples/latex/
+w2l sample-article.odt $TMP/sample-article.tex
+cd $TMP
+pdflatex sample-article.tex
diff -Nru writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/writer2latex.install writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/writer2latex.install
--- writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/writer2latex.install	2025-12-28 14:08:10.000000000 +0100
+++ writer2latex-1.6.1/debian/writer2latex.install	2025-12-29 10:25:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 source/distro/w2l usr/bin
 source/java/writer2latex/latex/config/*.xml usr/share/writer2latex
 source/java/writer2latex/xhtml/config/*.xml usr/share/writer2latex
+source/java/writer2latex/latex/config/default.xml etc/writer2latex
 source/oxt/xhtml-config-sample/template/xhtml-sample-config/*.ott /usr/share/writer2latex