Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 110045
should report an error when a required component is not installed
Last modified: 2013-01-29 21:54:24 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 ] --- snip --- 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. --- snip ---