Re: [ubuntu-uk] Libreoffice pdf import extension .....

2012-08-20 Thread Barry Drake

On 20/08/12 09:25, Colin Law wrote:

Hmm, odd. That suggests a problem with removing and reinstalling LibreOffice
that needs to be addressed. Logically, removing LibreOffice and the
.libreoffice folder and then reinstalling should reset your LibreOffice
install. You shouldn't have to reinstall your OS to repair a damaged
application.
apt-file search shows that to be installed by libreoffice-core so one
would have expected a re-install of libreoffice to replace it.


Matt was right - I had manually deleted libreoffice stuff - but only after I 
had purged each package using apt.  The Nautilus package had at that time lost 
its ability to show hidden files - part of known bug, so I had missed 
~/.libreoffice  I will be more careful next time.  But there were other good 
reasons to re-install the OS and it is not especially time consuming.

Regards,Barry.


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Libreoffice pdf import extension .....

2012-08-20 Thread Colin Law
On 19 August 2012 22:13, Simon Greenwood  wrote:
>
>
> On 19 August 2012 22:01, Barry Drake  wrote:
>>
>> On 18/08/12 19:35, Simon Greenwood wrote:
>>>
>>> All the user config is in .libreoffice in your $HOME and I think deleting
>>> .libreoffice/3/user/extensions resets the plugin config.
>>
>>
>> I removed all files and folders containing 'libreoffice' thinking I could
>> simply re-install.  Unfortunately the re-install does not include all
>> dependencies.  During installation, I get the following warnings:
>> Selecting previously unselected package libreoffice-common.
>> dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'libreoffice-style-tango'
>> missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
>> dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'libreoffice-style-human'
>> missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
>>
>> After installation, I get: barry@quantal:~$ libreoffice --writer %U
>> /usr/bin/libreoffice: 181: exec: /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/oosplash:
>> not found
>>
>> OK - that's just a splashscreen?  But if I got that and put it where it
>> should be, I'm certain other things would be missing, so I re-installed
>> Quantal.  Probably quicker and easier.
>>
>
> Hmm, odd. That suggests a problem with removing and reinstalling LibreOffice
> that needs to be addressed. Logically, removing LibreOffice and the
> .libreoffice folder and then reinstalling should reset your LibreOffice
> install. You shouldn't have to reinstall your OS to repair a damaged
> application.

apt-file search shows that to be installed by libreoffice-core so one
would have expected a re-install of libreoffice to replace it.

Colin

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