Problems with writer

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#1

Folks,

One of my systems has developed a problem with writer and I am at a loss as how to fix it.

I get the following message when I try to open writer:

Component cannot be loaded, possibly broken or incomplete installation.
Full error message:
loading component library failed:
file:///usr/lib/libreoffice/program/../program/libswlo.so.

I looked on the net and the suggested fix for this message was reinstall
libre-office, and libre-writer, so I did that. I still get the message what else did I miss?

The other two systems I am using both work fine with writer. All of them work fine with calc.

I am running Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS with
LibreOffice 4.2.6.3 (Build ID:420m0(Build 3)
all updates have been applied.

Regards,
Jay

#2

Hi :slight_smile:
Have you tried renaming the User Profile yet?
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile

When anything weird suddenly starts happening or when a weird fault
gradually creeps in then renaming the User Profile is often the fastest way
to fix it. It gets things "back to factory defaults" but you can gradually
copy back bits&bobs until LO breaks again which can be a "give away" for
pin-pointing the cause of the trouble.

Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#3

Install the whole meta package "libreoffice" with Writer, Calc, Math,
Draw, Impress and Base. Don't try to be extra smart. The components of
libreoffice are no separate programs. They are modules of one soffice
executable. Leaving out any of its component may have unforeseen
consequences.

#4

That fixed it whatever the problem was.