libsdlo.so - SliTaz GNU/Linux - avahi

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#1

Hello,

My OS is SliTaz GNU/Linux (rolling - 32 bits) and my laptop is an old
Asus Eee PC 900.

I installed LibreOffice 6.1 (Package manager ==> get-LibreOffice ==>
Terminal ==> get-LibreOffice).

Installation OK (after 40 min).

No problems with LibreOffice Writer, Calc, Math, Base.

But 2 problems:

1/
LibreOffice Impress doesn't start (and no error message).

2/
Error message for LibreOffice Draw:

#2

I hate things like that! :frowning: Adding your support for option 1 or option 2
on the bug seems like a good idea.

#3

Cédric Radosavljevic wrote:

Hello,

My OS is SliTaz GNU/Linux (rolling - 32 bits) and my laptop is an old
Asus Eee PC 900.

I installed LibreOffice 6.1 (Package manager ==> get-LibreOffice ==>
Terminal ==> get-LibreOffice).

Installation OK (after 40 min).

No problems with LibreOffice Writer, Calc, Math, Base.

But 2 problems:

1/
LibreOffice Impress doesn't start (and no error message).

2/
Error message for LibreOffice Draw:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Component cannot be loaded, possibly broken or incomplete installation.
Full error message:

loading component library
<file:///usr/lib/libreoffice6.1/program/../program/libsdlo.so> failed.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Here I found an explication for this problem:
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=119408

There is a dependency to 'avahi' on recent LibreOffice versions but no
package 'avahi' available on SliTaz.

Anyone a solution?
...

Hi, I'm the author of that bug report. I have a 'hackish' trick I used in
order to run LibreOffice 6.0.6 on my Linux system which does not have Avahi.
It involves compiling two 1-line C programs to make fake shared libraries.
It works with 6.0.x and I expect it would work with 6.1.x too but I haven't
tested it. Would anyone like me to post instructions?

#4

Hi,

Thank you for your answers. But no solutions...

lj, could you explain the 'hack' methode you used ?

#5

Here is the work-around I use in order to run LibreOffice 6.0.6 on my Linux
system which does not have Avahi. This fixes the problem with Draw and
Impress not starting. I have not tested it with 6.1 but it probably works.

1. Place the following single line in a file "libavahi-client.c":
int avahi_client_new(void) { return 0; }

2. Place the following single line in a file "libavahi-common.c":
int avahi_threaded_poll_new(void) { return 0; }

3. Compile the two files into shared libraries by typing the following at
shell prompts (or place them into a script or Makefile):

     gcc -c libavahi-client.c libavahi-common.c
     gcc -shared -o libavahi-client.so.3 libavahi-client.o
     gcc -shared -o libavahi-common.so.3 libavahi-common.o

4. Copy those 2 shared libraries into the LibreOffice program directory.
The path below is for 6.0.x installation using the downloads from the
LibreOffice site. Adapt it to your system as necessary. This probably needs
to be done as root (but there are alternatives such as using a different
directory and the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable).
     cp libavahi-*.so.3 /opt/libreoffice6.0/program/

That's it. Draw and Impress should work fine now, with one exception: do
not try to use Impress remote control. That's the only thing that really does
require Avahi.

#6

Thank you very much lj! Your solution works very well!

Best regards