IDE for Base not available

On my Dell 1545 Laptop I have an installation of Ubuntu 16.04 32 bit. LibreOffice is also installed and there is an instance of LibreOffice 5.1.9.2 and base iis a part of this installation. I was trying to do some programming and checked the page for the IDE and all of the controls for it are grayed out. Not

It looks like I did not finish my initial question. I am using the home version and I don’t know if that is related. I’ve wondered if the home

Based upon information given, you need to install Java JRE (32-bit) and make sure it is selected in Tools->Options->LibreOffice->Advanced with Use a Java run time environment checked.

Edit:

By “…checked the page for the IDE and all of the controls for it are grayed out.” if you meant in Tools->Customize->LibreOffice->Basic IDE Options then under Advanced check Enable experimental features (may be unstable). This will enable the Basic IDE Options.

You must restart LO (close ALL open docs) before you see the options available.

You must restart LO (close ALL open docs) before you see the options available.