Re: Arrgghh! Libreoffice woes!
On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 12:03:52PM +0000, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> Yesterday i installed libreoffice 3.6.4.3 alongside Debian libreoffice
> 3.5.4. today neither worked except via root, so i uninstalled both
> libreoffices with synaptic, and then re-installed Debian libreoffice with
> apt-get. but it does not open from the menu. how can i get it working again
> please?
>
> right, /config/libreoffice is renamed, but user is still unable to open it,
> whereas root can open it very easily. the command is ' /usr/bin/libreoffice
> --writer' and nothing happens with user it just sits and does nowt, where
> as root it opens. any ideas please folks?
>
> My goal is to get the Debian libreoffice working, and dump the source
> libreoffice. Is this possible please?
Have you tried running the executable within strace and seeing what it's
looking for when it freezes?
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