Bug#681741: libreoffice: LibreOffice user installation could not be processed etc.

When starting LibreOffice, either on a newly installed system or, at least in

one case, on a previously working but upgraded system, I get the following
message:

LibreOffice user installation could not be processed due to missing access
rights. Please make sure that you have sufficient access rights for the
following location and restart LibreOffice:

/home/<user>/.config/libreoffice/3

It turns out ~/.config/libreoffice is for some reason owned by root:root. chown
-R to the user fixes the problem.

Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages libreoffice depends on:
ii fonts-sil-gentium-basic [ttf-sil-gentium-basic] 1.1-5
ii liblucene2-java 2.9.4+ds1-4
ii libreoffice-base 1:3.5.4-5
ii libreoffice-calc 1:3.5.4-5
ii libreoffice-core 1:3.5.4-5
ii libreoffice-draw 1:3.5.4-5
ii libreoffice-filter-mobiledev 1:3.5.4-5
ii libreoffice-impress 1:3.5.4-5
ii libreoffice-java-common 1:3.5.4-5
ii libreoffice-math 1:3.5.4-5
ii libreoffice-report-builder-bin 1:3.5.4-5
ii libreoffice-writer 1:3.5.4-5
ii ttf-dejavu 2.33-2
ii ttf-sil-gentium-basic 1.1-5

Versions of packages libreoffice recommends:
ii fonts-liberation [ttf-liberation] 1.07.2-5
ii libpaper-utils 1.1.24+nmu2
ii ttf-liberation 1.07.2-5
ii ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1

Versions of packages libreoffice suggests:
ii cups-bsd 1.5.3-1
ii default-jre [java5-runtime] 1:1.6-47
ii gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg 0.10.13-5
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad 0.10.23-6
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-base 0.10.36-1
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-good 0.10.31-3
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly 0.10.19-2+b2
pn hunspell-dictionary <none>
pn hyphen-hyphenation-patterns <none>
ii icedove 10.0.5-1
ii iceweasel 10.0.5esr-2
ii imagemagick 8:6.7.7.10-2
ii libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1] 8.0.3-1
ii libldap-2.4-2 2.4.31-1
ii libreoffice-filter-binfilter 1:3.5.4-5
ii libreoffice-gnome 1:3.5.4-5
pn libreoffice-grammarcheck <none>
ii libreoffice-help-en-us [libreoffice-help-3.5] 1:3.5.4-5
pn libreoffice-l10n-3.5 <none>
pn libreoffice-officebean <none>
ii libsane 1.0.22-7.1
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.7-1
ii myspell-en-us [myspell-dictionary] 1:3.3.0-3
ii mythes-en-us [mythes-thesaurus] 1:3.3.0-3
pn openclipart-libreoffice <none>
ii openjdk-6-jre [java5-runtime] 6b24-1.11.3-2
ii pstoedit 3.60-2+b1
pn unixodbc <none>

Versions of packages libreoffice-core depends on:
ii fontconfig 2.9.0-6
ii fonts-opensymbol [ttf-opensymbol] 2:102.2+LibO3.5.4-5
ii libc6 2.13-33
ii libcairo2 1.12.2-2
ii libcmis-0.2-0 0.1.0-1+b1
ii libcurl3-gnutls 7.26.0-1
ii libdb5.1 5.1.29-5
ii libexpat1 2.1.0-1
ii libexttextcat0 3.2.0-2
ii libfontconfig1 2.9.0-6
ii libfreetype6 2.4.9-1
ii libgcc1 1:4.7.1-2
ii libglib2.0-0 2.32.3-1
ii libgraphite2-2.0.0 1.1.3-1
ii libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 0.10.36-1
ii libgstreamer0.10-0 0.10.36-1
ii libhunspell-1.3-0 1.3.2-4
ii libhyphen0 2.8.3-2
ii libice6 2:1.0.8-2
ii libicu48 4.8.1.1-8
ii libjpeg8 8d-1
ii libmythes-1.2-0 2:1.2.2-1
ii libneon27-gnutls 0.29.6-3
ii libnspr4 2:4.9.1-1
ii libnspr4-0d 2:4.9.1-1
ii libnss3 2:3.13.5-1
ii libnss3-1d 2:3.13.5-1
ii libpng12-0 1.2.49-1
ii librdf0 1.0.15-1+b1
ii libreoffice-common 1:3.5.4-5
ii librsvg2-2 2.36.1-1
ii libsm6 2:1.2.1-2
ii libssl1.0.0 1.0.1c-3
ii libstdc++6 4.7.1-2
ii libx11-6 2:1.5.0-1
ii libxext6 2:1.3.1-2
ii libxinerama1 2:1.1.2-1
ii libxml2 2.8.0+dfsg1-4
ii libxrandr2 2:1.3.2-2
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.7-1
ii libxslt1.1 1.1.26-12+rebuild1
ii uno-libs3 3.5.4-5
ii ure 3.5.4-5
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.7.dfsg-13

Versions of packages libreoffice-writer depends on:
ii libc6 2.13-33
ii libgcc1 1:4.7.1-2
ii libicu48 4.8.1.1-8
ii libreoffice-base-core 1:3.5.4-5
ii libreoffice-core 1:3.5.4-5
ii libstdc++6 4.7.1-2
ii libwpd-0.9-9 0.9.4-3
ii libwpg-0.2-2 0.2.1-1
ii libwps-0.2-2 0.2.7-1
ii libxml2 2.8.0+dfsg1-4
ii uno-libs3 3.5.4-5
ii ure 3.5.4-5
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.7.dfsg-13

Versions of packages libreoffice-writer recommends:
ii default-jre [java5-runtime] 1:1.6-47
ii libreoffice-emailmerge 1:3.5.4-5
ii libreoffice-filter-binfilter 1:3.5.4-5
ii libreoffice-java-common 1:3.5.4-5
ii libreoffice-math 1:3.5.4-5
ii openjdk-6-jre [java5-runtime] 6b24-1.11.3-2

Versions of packages libreoffice-writer suggests:
ii libreoffice-base 1:3.5.4-5
pn libreoffice-gcj <none>

Versions of packages libreoffice-calc depends on:
ii libc6 2.13-33
ii libgcc1 1:4.7.1-2
ii libreoffice-base-core 1:3.5.4-5
ii libreoffice-core 1:3.5.4-5
ii libstdc++6 4.7.1-2
ii lp-solve 5.5.0.13-7
ii uno-libs3 3.5.4-5
ii ure 3.5.4-5

Versions of packages libreoffice-base depends on:
ii default-jre [java5-runtime] 1:1.6-47
ii libc6 2.13-33
ii libgcc1 1:4.7.1-2
ii libhsqldb-java 1.8.0.10-11
ii libreoffice-base-core 1:3.5.4-5
ii libreoffice-core 1:3.5.4-5
ii libreoffice-java-common 1:3.5.4-5
ii libstdc++6 4.7.1-2
ii openjdk-6-jre [java5-runtime] 6b24-1.11.3-2
ii uno-libs3 3.5.4-5
ii ure 3.5.4-5

Versions of packages libreoffice-base suggests:
pn libmyodbc | odbc-postgresql | libsqliteodbc | tdsodbc | mdbtools <none>
pn libmysql-java | libpg-java | libjtds-java <none>
pn libreoffice-gcj <none>
pn libreoffice-report-builder <none>
pn unixodbc <none>

Versions of packages libreoffice-draw depends on:
ii libc6 2.13-33
ii libgcc1 1:4.7.1-2
ii libreoffice-core 1:3.5.4-5
ii libstdc++6 4.7.1-2
ii libvisio-0.0-0 0.0.17-1
ii libwpd-0.9-9 0.9.4-3
ii libwpg-0.2-2 0.2.1-1
ii libxml2 2.8.0+dfsg1-4
ii uno-libs3 3.5.4-5
ii ure 3.5.4-5
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.7.dfsg-13

Versions of packages libreoffice-impress depends on:
ii libc6 2.13-33
ii libgcc1 1:4.7.1-2
ii libreoffice-core 1:3.5.4-5
ii libreoffice-draw 1:3.5.4-5
ii libstdc++6 4.7.1-2
ii uno-libs3 3.5.4-5
ii ure 3.5.4-5

Versions of packages libreoffice-math depends on:
ii fonts-opensymbol [ttf-opensymbol] 2:102.2+LibO3.5.4-5
ii libc6 2.13-33
ii libgcc1 1:4.7.1-2
ii libreoffice-core 1:3.5.4-5
ii libstdc++6 4.7.1-2
ii uno-libs3 3.5.4-5
ii ure 3.5.4-5



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Diy you somwhen run unopkg (or a extension install) using sudo? (without -h)?
Or unopkg itself?

Then that can cause it if it hasn't that fix (and a simple unopkg *DOES NOT*
have that fix, it's in the maintainer scripts *calling* unopkg)

Otherwise: more info, please. No, I will *NOT* debug this myself.

Upgraded from what?

Then fix it (and or give evidence on what should have caused this,

Then fix it (and or give evidence on what should have caused this,

On 07/16/2012 03:30 AM, Rene Engelhard wrote:
>Then fix it (and or give evidence on what should have caused this,
In a root terminal, in my user's home directory, I've just:

1. apt-get purge'd all libreoffice packages,
2. rm -R .config/libreoffice
3. rm -R .config/.libreoffice/ (why not)
4. apt-get install libreoffice
5. ls -lha .config/ | grep libre
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Jul 16 04:43 libreoffice

Unprivileged terminal:
$ libreoffice
terminate called after throwing an instance of
'com::sun::star::uno::RuntimeException'

On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 04:46:52AM -0400, Gedalya wrote:
> On 07/16/2012 03:30 AM, Rene Engelhard wrote:
> >Then fix it (and or give evidence on what should have caused this,
> In a root terminal, in my user's home directory, I've just:

How did you get root? sudo? Have something "interesting" like
env_keep for $HOME set?

> 1. apt-get purge'd all libreoffice packages,
> 2. rm -R .config/libreoffice
> 3. rm -R .config/.libreoffice/ (why not)
> 4. apt-get install libreoffice
> 5. ls -lha .config/ | grep libre
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Jul 16 04:43 libreoffice

This suggests that your $HOME was (even when you were root)
set to *your* /home. (Which is de-facto broken, but anyway.)
But that - as I said - should be handled by LOs maintainer scripts
as they specify a "faked" HOME:

http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p...sions.sh;h)9c6b292759f78a5c808e252df8ea20480b2e43;hb=HEAD

After the fix for the other bugs I never have seen a situation
where root:root happened - I can imagine that it happens when you ran
unopkg without HOME pre-set (or HOME set to your "normal" home). But
it can't be an other extension besides LO ones as apt-get install libreoffice
shouldn't install them. But maybe the remove/purge of other extensions
caused this? Did you have extensions installed before those steps?

> Unprivileged terminal:
> $ libreoffice
> terminate called after throwing an instance of
> 'com::sun::star::uno::RuntimeException'

And this can be anything.

Regards,

Rene