Libre Office doesn't start at all (wrong library version)
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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libreoffice (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I'm unable to start any of the libre office collection (writer, calc, etc). When trying to open a
file the system goes busy for a little while (as shown by the pointer) then nothing happens. If I try from the menu nothing happens at all. Finally, if I try starting the component from the command line I get the following error message:
hobbit:~ $ lowriter
/usr/lib/
Now, the libicu is (obviously) installed, but the installed version is 66, not 63. Version 66, BTW, is the one listed as dependency for the libre office package.
I do not exactly know when libreoffice stopped working after the update to focal, as I do not use it extensively
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: libreoffice 1:6.4.3-
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Uname: Linux 5.4.0-33-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.2
Architecture: amd64
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CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Fri Jun 5 12:49:19 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-02-09 (481 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64 (20181017.2)
SourcePackage: libreoffice
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-05-08 (27 days ago)
Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → Invalid |
> Now, the libicu is (obviously) installed, but the installed version is 66, not 63. Version 66, BTW, is the one listed as dependency for the libre office package.
That is correct, libicu is v66 in ubuntu 20.04. Perhaps something funky happened in your update from 18.10 to 20.04. I would recommend removing libreoffice and reinstalling it
$ sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade
$ sudo apt-get remove --purge libreoffice*
$ sudo apt install libreoffice
Then lowriter should work.