I ran into this bug after a fresh install of Karmic Koala followed by an install of koffice-kde4.
Tried the suggested workaround above, "rm rm /var/tmp/kdecache-$USER/ksycoca4".
Thereafter it was possible to start kword.
Reopened the bug since many people will be in the same situation. A fresh install, followed by a fresh install of koffice-kde4.
I ran into this bug after a fresh install of Karmic Koala followed by an install of koffice-kde4. kdecache- $USER/ksycoca4" .
Tried the suggested workaround above, "rm rm /var/tmp/
Thereafter it was possible to start kword.
Reopened the bug since many people will be in the same situation. A fresh install, followed by a fresh install of koffice-kde4.