I have reproduced the installation failure with the writer2latex 0.5-6 package in hardy 8.04, and can confirm that the writer2latex 0.5-6ubuntu0.1 package in hardy-proposed, with the fixed dependencies pulling in tex-common (which provides update-udpmap), successfully completes installation.
However, once writer2latex is installed, I am unable to convert even the most basic of openoffice documents. Running w2l from the command line gives me:
String index out of range: 0
java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: 0
at java.lang.String.charAt(libgcj.so.81)
at java.io.File.getParent(libgcj.so.81)
at java.io.File.mkdirs(libgcj.so.81)
at java.io.File.mkdirs(libgcj.so.81)
at writer2latex.Application.convertFile(Application.java:249)
at writer2latex.Application.doConversion(Application.java:216)
at writer2latex.Application.main(Application.java:112)
Attempting to use it as an export filter from openoffice.org also doesn't work; oowriter claims that it's missing a jre and needs openoffice.org-java-common installed. After that gets installed, export to latex still doesn't work and the following is dumped to the terminal:
$ Error:java.util.zip.ZipException: /usr/lib/openoffice/program/classes/writer2latex.jar (No such file or directory)
Error:java.lang.NullPointerException
Making a symlink from /usr/share/writer2latex/writer2latex.jar to /usr/lib/openoffice/program/classes/writer2latex.jar still causes export to fail with the following output to the terminal:
$ Error:java.io.FileNotFoundException: No entry for META-INF/converter.xml exists.
Error:java.lang.NullPointerException
I'm thus not convinced that releasing this updated package will produce something usable for the user.
I have reproduced the installation failure with the writer2latex 0.5-6 package in hardy 8.04, and can confirm that the writer2latex 0.5-6ubuntu0.1 package in hardy-proposed, with the fixed dependencies pulling in tex-common (which provides update-udpmap), successfully completes installation.
However, once writer2latex is installed, I am unable to convert even the most basic of openoffice documents. Running w2l from the command line gives me:
$ w2l -latex test_document.odt
This is Writer2LaTeX, Version 0.5 (2007-10-15)
Starting conversion...
Converting test_document.odt
String index out of range: 0 StringIndexOutO fBoundsExceptio n: String index out of range: 0 String. charAt( libgcj. so.81) File.getParent( libgcj. so.81) File.mkdirs( libgcj. so.81) File.mkdirs( libgcj. so.81) Application. convertFile( Application. java:249) Application. doConversion( Application. java:216) Application. main(Applicatio n.java: 112)
java.lang.
at java.lang.
at java.io.
at java.io.
at java.io.
at writer2latex.
at writer2latex.
at writer2latex.
Attempting to use it as an export filter from openoffice.org also doesn't work; oowriter claims that it's missing a jre and needs openoffice. org-java- common installed. After that gets installed, export to latex still doesn't work and the following is dumped to the terminal:
$ Error:java. util.zip. ZipException: /usr/lib/ openoffice/ program/ classes/ writer2latex. jar (No such file or directory) lang.NullPointe rException
Error:java.
Making a symlink from /usr/share/ writer2latex/ writer2latex. jar to /usr/lib/ openoffice/ program/ classes/ writer2latex. jar still causes export to fail with the following output to the terminal:
$ Error:java. io.FileNotFound Exception: No entry for META-INF/ converter. xml exists. lang.NullPointe rException
Error:java.
I'm thus not convinced that releasing this updated package will produce something usable for the user.