Issue 110045 - should report an error when a required component is not installed
Summary: should report an error when a required component is not installed
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: General
Classification: Code
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: OOo 3.1.1
Hardware: All All
: P3 Trivial (vote)
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Reported: 2010-03-11 08:42 UTC by rene
Modified: 2013-01-29 21:54 UTC (History)
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Description rene 2010-03-11 08:42:30 UTC
[ Forwarding from http://bugs.debian.org/573297. Actually, I am quite
sure this came up before but I don't find an issue. Am I blind? Mark
as duplicate as needed ]

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I tried to open a Word document. After calling                                  
  ooffice x.doc                                                                 
the OOo splash appeared and disappeared again, then nothing happened. ps        
showed a sleeping OOo instance. I tried again calling only                      
  ooffice                                                                       
and the welcome screen appeared, allowing me to choose a document to open.      
Again, nothing happened; the welcome screen persisted.                          
                                                                                
While preparing a bug report, I found out that the package                      
openoffice.org-writer was not installed. After installation, everything         
worked as expected.                                                             
                                                                                
                                                                                
I think the OOo main binary should show *some* kind of error message or         
other information indicating that it won't proceed, due to a required           
component not being installed.
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