Public bug reported: The application cannot be started. LibreOffice user installation could not be processed due to missing access rights. Please make sure that you have sufficient access rights for the following location and restart LibreOffice:
/home/*user name*/.config/libreoffice/4 this is 17.10, more details here: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2385813&p=13743523#post13743523 I could reproduce the bug with a user to make libreoffice fail and make libreoffice start normally. Problem is related to me having my homedir not under /home/user but under another mountpoint /data/home/user The bug persists even if /etc/password contains /data/home/user If /etc/passwd contains /home/user which is a symlink to /data/home/user, libreoffice won't start either. If I move the homdirectory completely to /home/user, the libreoffice starts without problems. This was tested with a newly created user. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 17.10 Release: 17.10 Codename: artful libreoffice: Installed: 1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 Candidate: 1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 Version table: *** 1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates/universe amd64 Packages 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/universe amd64 Packages this issue already existed in 2014 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1292407 ** Affects: libreoffice (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Summary changed: - libreoffice does not start if user homedire not located in /home + libreoffice does not start if user homedir not located in /home -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1751854 Title: libreoffice does not start if user homedir not located in /home To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1751854/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
