Libreoffice Draw won't start, unless Impress is installed

Bug #2017412 reported by Giacomo Orlandi
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
libreoffice (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Rico Tzschichholz

Bug Description

Draw fails to open, unless I install also libreoffice Impress.
It only shows the splash screen for 1/2 second, and then dies.
I tried to find a useful error message, but I couldn't find any.
I randomly discovered that if I install libreoffice-impress, then Draw starts working too.
Before, besides Draw, I only had writer, calc, and math installed.

Libreoffice version: 7.5.2-0ubuntu1

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.04
Package: libreoffice-draw 4:7.5.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.2.0-20.20-generic 6.2.6
Uname: Linux 6.2.0-20-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.26.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Apr 23 11:19:52 2023
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-10-04 (930 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731)
SourcePackage: libreoffice
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to lunar on 2023-04-21 (1 days ago)

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Giacomo Orlandi (giaco-orlandi) wrote :
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Adolfo Jayme Barrientos (fitojb) wrote :

This is a packaging issue. APT shouldn’t let you install only one of both apps; you must have both of them since they are based on the same source

tags: added: packaging
Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → Triaged
Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Rico Tzschichholz (ricotz)
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Giacomo Orlandi (giaco-orlandi) wrote :

@Adolfo, thanks!
I suspected a packaging issue, but I didn't know that Draw and Impress can't be installed independently at all.

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Rico Tzschichholz (ricotz) wrote :
Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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