Bug#813430: libreoffice-common: If libreoffice-impress isn't installed, trying to create a new impress document doesn't do anything
# affects basically all packages, and even more so 5.1.0 of course which
# is at a different branch to not marked as affected with that "found" version.
# Simply kill it.
notfound 813430 1:5.0.5~rc1-1
retitle 813430 LO shows icon for e.g. impress when libreoffice-impress isn't installed and thus doesn't open
thanks
Hi,
On Mon, Feb 01, 2016 at 03:30:04PM -0500, Jon Daley wrote:
> A minor issue, though it confused me for a while. Somehow I didn't install "libreoffice", but just "libreoffice-writer",
> and so if I type "libreoffice", I get a dialog that has new buttons for documents, calcs, impress presentations, etc.
Yeah, the startcenter...
> When I click "new impress document" it does nothing. No log messages to stdout/err, no popup, etc. I've been having some dbus
> issues, so I thought it was something along those lines, but eventually figured out that it simply wasn't installed. Duh.
Yeah, known issue... It's also the case for other more subtle things...
> It would be nice if when trying to create a document that isn't installed, there was a popup that says,
> "you need to install libreoffice-impress" or whatever.
We did that for the Report Builder, but that was a extension, so it was easier
as there was something designed for that. Not for "core" components.
> Or maybe remove the buttons so then I can't click on them.
The "problem" is that even upstream splits the packages and don't have that
either given they consider all of it one suite. The problem even exists
upstream.
Regards,
Rene
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