more errors, libreoffice on amd64 debian, starts now but immediately aborts.

users
#21

Errr, i know this is a very "Windows-ish" answer and you might need to keep your
machine on all the time but wouldn't a reboot be worth trying?
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#22

Work for me?
They don' t seem to exist!
apt-cache search libreoffice shows me nothing.

Well, since I gave you a link to the package content from the official
debian repository (and I have them installed), I'll assume they DO exist.

I never saw any such link.
I just went back and looked at your previous messages on this thread,
and I don't find it.
Neither apt-cache search libreoffice, nor synaptic show any such files.
Aptitude (my preference) doesn't show them either.
I have all the us debian repos enabled, plus non-free, experimental,
the 3rd party dmm
repo, and lenny-backports.
None of them are offering me libreoffice.

Maybe you forgot to add them to your system, like explained in the link you
found : http://wiki.debian.org/DebianExperimental or maybe you're using a
mirror that doesn't contain the experimental branch or is not up to date.
Also, although the unofficial .deb from the LibreOffice websites do install
in /opt, I'd recommend you using the packages from Debian, although in
experimental, because:
 - they put the files in more "common" places
 - they are more likely to be maintained this way, as there is a LibreOffice
maintainer for Debian.

I'd love to try that, but I'm not finding these files offered.

Also, you should stop stressing that ubuntu isn't debian. I think most
people on the list know this, but regarding installation methods and general
file locations (libraries, binaries, etc), they are very similar.

All gnu/linux systems have a great deal of similarities on many levels, sure.
Ubuntu and debian both use dpkg, apt, for package management,
and the file system is similarly arranged. I concur.
They do not, however, use the same repositories, and packages that appear in an
ubuntu repo are frequently very different from what is in the
Debian/Stable (Ienny) repositories.
A lot of what ships in ubuntu can only be found in sarge or testing,
and, even then,
the packages are not the same (although, yes, when I can't find a
debian specific file,
I have installed "ubuntu" debs for some stuff).
I'm using stable (although I do have backports enabled, which, as I
understand it,
allows me to pull some stuff from testing/squeeze).
For instance, to my knowledge, Karmic has OOo 3.0 or something.
Debian/stable (lenny) still has OOo 2.4. Big difference.
That is why I point out that I'm using Debian, not Ubuntu; because
they ARE different.

be well,
tony

#23

Oh wait.
I did find the link you mention.
Also, for some reason, aptitude and apt are not getting a file list
from the experimental repo (and a couple others).
(getting this:
W: GPG error: http://debian.dc-uoit.net stable Release: The following
signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not
available: NO_PUBKEY 07DC563D1F41B907
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/Release
Unable to find expected entry experimental/binary-amd64/Packages in
Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)
and seeing Ign: in front of several repositories when updating).
Server down?
Likely if I can get that resolved (or wait for the server to be back up?)
then I can solve this problem as you mention, with the debian
experimental files.

tony

#24

Although I can't find http://debian.dc-uoit.net in the debian mirror list,
it still seem reasonably up to date, at least regarding libreoffice, see:
http://debian.dc-uoit.net/debian/pool/main/libr/libreoffice/
<http://debian.dc-uoit.net/debian/pool/main/libr/libreoffice/>and
http://debian.dc-uoit.net/debian/dists/experimental/main/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2
which do contain the packages listed.

Also, the error you get from ftp.debian.org is kind of weird, since it's
telling that it can't find experimental in the lenny release, which is
normal, since it's two different release. Can you past exactly the line
you're using to enable the experimental repository here ? Or at least check
if it looks like this:
deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib non-free
and not like
deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian lenny experimental main contrib non-free
for example ?

#25

I had two entries, one with lenny main non-free, one with experimental.
I made that into one entry (and added contrib) and it's getting everything now.
Well, except that dmm mirror I listed, but I changed to the
debian-multimedia.org one, and added the pub key,
and now that's working, too.

thanks
tony

#26

Tony

I think it is great that you are pushing the boundaries and trying out the most
difficult ways of doing things but wouldn't it be good to just do the easy thing
sometimes?

I guess i will have to upgrade my ubuntu at work to see if i have similar
problems installing and using LibreOffice there.

Good luck and regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#27

I haven't tested LibreOffice Debian AMD64 yet but I have tested both
Trisquel and Ubuntu on 64-bit without such problems. Now that the
problem seems solved, can someone summarize (if any) the differences
between this and the usual (manual) install instructions ?

If there is anything that specifically works for Debian now I'd like to
document it properly for others to test too.

#28

I haven't tested LibreOffice Debian AMD64 yet but I have tested both
Trisquel and Ubuntu on 64-bit without such problems. Now that the
problem seems solved, can someone summarize (if any) the differences
between this and the usual (manual) install instructions ?

If there is anything that specifically works for Debian now I'd like to
document it properly for others to test too.

Aside from my own tendency to push for the official repository, it seems
that the main issue this time was an old preference folder in
~/.libreoffice, so a new install using the debs from the libroffice website
should go smoothly anyway.

#29

Yes, okay, for the record:

On Debian Stable (Lenny), AMD64, withe 64 bit debs available from
libreoffice.org,
LibreOffice is not working perfectly.
the only thing is that the libcairo.so.2 in ./opt/libreoffice/basis3.3/program
must be removed (I don't know why, but it impedes the program from
working correctly,
and debian has it's own libcairo.so.2 in /usr/lib, which works fine
(may require installation in some instances? simple as aptitude
install libcairo)

I've also been using LO on my other debian/lenny machine (regular x86)
for a few months now.
It's great.

./tony

#30

Hi

I am running openSUSE 11.3 x86_64.
(Now with the new Thumbleweed / rolling release repository.)

I have installed LibreOffice from the normal repository (LibreOffice:/unstable) (unstable since LibO is not yet released hence no stable version available).

The installation went fine and it works fine.
Did just a few small test, since I am still dual booting. Main System presently still WinXP.

So for me, official openSUSE x86_64 repository is working.

Regards,
Rolf

#31

Hi

I am running openSUSE 11.3 x86_64.
(Now with the new Thumbleweed / rolling release repository.)

I have installed LibreOffice from the normal repository (LibreOffice:/unstable) (unstable since LibO is not yet released hence no stable version available).

The installation went fine and it works fine.
Did just a few small test, since I am still dual booting. Main System presently still WinXP.

So for me, official openSUSE x86_64 repository is working.

Regards,
Rolf