[Solved] OpenOffice.org 3 fails to start

[daveleh]

Hi,

I have installed openoffice3 onto my laptop running PCLinuxOS but the programs fail to start.

The error I get in the konsole is:

/opt/openoffice.org3/program/soffice.bin: error while loading shared libraries: libuno_sal.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

But libuno_sal.so.3 is installed and is in:

[me@linuxlaptop program]$ locate libuno_sal.so.3
/usr/lib/ooo-2.3/program/libuno_sal.so.3

Can anyone tell me where OOo3 is looking for that particular shared library please?

Thanks in advance

Regards

Dave Le Huray
Guernsey

[acknak]

But libuno_sal.so.3 is installed and is in:
...
/usr/lib/ooo-2.3/program/libuno_sal.so.3

Which looks like it belongs to OOo version 2.3, and probably isn't going to help with OOo version 3

The install layout has changed for OOo3; I find that library in .../openoffice.org/ure/lib/libuno_sal.so.3

[daveleh]

But libuno_sal.so.3 is installed and is in:
...
/usr/lib/ooo-2.3/program/libuno_sal.so.3

Which looks like it belongs to OOo version 2.3, and probably isn't going to help with OOo version 3

The install layout has changed for OOo3; I find that library in .../openoffice.org/ure/lib/libuno_sal.so.3

Thanks for replying. The ooo-2.3 is the only one installed on my system. Turns out that the package openoffice.org-ure-1.4.0-9358.i586.rpm wasnt installed when I ran setup. Installed it separately and its all working ok.

Thanks again

Regards

Dave Le H
Guernsey

[acknak]

Ok, that matches what I see also. Good work.

Thanks for the follow-up.

One question: do you know how/why you missed installing that package?

[daveleh]

Ok, that matches what I see also. Good work.

Thanks for the follow-up.

One question: do you know how/why you missed installing that package?

No idea I simply ran the file /~/Documents/OOO300_m9_native_packed-1_en-US.9358/setup and for some reason it missed it

Regards

Dave Le H
Guernsey

[Hagar Delest]

There are several threads here showing troubles when installing from that script. Better use the package manager instead.

[daveleh]

There are several threads here showing troubles when installing from that script. Better use the package manager instead.

Thanks Hagar - unfortunately OOo3 isnt in the PCLinuxOS repositories yet so I had to install it separately. Not ideal I know but I will replace it when version 3 is in there.

Regards

Daveleh

[johnmiller]

This happened to me. When I installed the RPMS, I must have used a wildcard for openoffice.org3*.

openoffice.org-ure-1.4.1-9379.i586.rpm is the only one without .org3 so it wasn't installed. Didn't notice till now.

JM

[pban]

Hi,
I am completely new to the world of Linux installation and troubleshooting in the sense I have just installed Fedora 11 on my desktop. I have been using unix/linux for long time.
Could someone tell me how to install the package which contains libuno_sal.so.3. I am getting the same issue mentioned in this topic:

[prashant@grebo ~]$ soffice
/opt/openoffice.org3/program/soffice.bin: error while loading shared libraries: libuno_sal.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[prashant@grebo ~]$ locate libuno_sal.so.3
/opt/openoffice.org2.4/program/libuno_sal.so.3
/opt/openoffice.org2.4/program/libuno_sal.so.3.1.1
/usr/lib/openoffice.org/ure/lib/libuno_sal.so.3

Thanks in advance
-Prashant

[Hagar Delest]

How have you installed OOo? From the distro packages or from the official RPMs?

[pban]

I downloaded the openoffice 3.1.0 from www.openoffice.org and used the setup script (found in the downloaded package) to install it.

[Hagar Delest]

Don't use the script. Uninstall and use your package manager to install the tarball. Search for Fedora topics in the Linux forum here.

[viniciusjl]

I've just got to install OpenOffice 3.1.1 in Debian.

Just install ooobasis3.1-*.deb packages before install openoffice.org*.deb packages, that is:

# dpkg -i --force-overwrite ooobasis3.1-*.deb
# dpkg -i --force-overwrite openoffice.org*.deb

[rabyp]

okay, i'm also having the problem of loading Open office 3.2 on my Fedora Core 13 Desktop.

the error I get is:
/opt/openoffice.org3/program/soffice.bin: error while loading shared libraries: libuno_sal.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

however, it appears to be in: /usr/lib/openoffice.org/ure/lib

and when i tried to reinstall the openoffice.org-ure-1.6.1-9502.i586.rpm package it appears it has been overwritten by a newer one:

rpm -Uvih openoffice.org-ure-1.6.1-9502.i586.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
package openoffice.org-ure-1:3.2.0-12.31.fc13.i686 (which is newer than openoffice.org-ure-1.6.1-9502.i586) is already installed

could the newer one that was updated be pointing to the wrong location?

paul

[acknak]

Is there some particular reason that you want to use the OO.org build? I usually recommend that people just use the OOo that Fedora provides: it's easier to install/upgrade.

[njoshi]

Hi,
I am not expert, so neglect if i missed any obvious thing.
I have installed OpenOffice 3.3 on Fedora 14 x86_64 using RPM. I also faced problem with libuno*.so.3, but i was able to solve it by adding the path into LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
Now I am able to run it only by command line, not from menu. I think, it is because i need to change/add the same path in some configuration/setup file as well.
Can anyone tell me how to solve this problem?
Thanks in advance.
NJ

[njoshi]

lol,
I missed the obvious thing. RESTART your system.
It runs now. Solved.

[zulsolar]

This is the second time I got into this thread as everytime I install Openoffice 3.3 on Fedora 14 I have the same issue. I'll paste here my solution so next time it will be easier to resolve (for me an others)

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[chris@pollux basis3.3]$ pwd
/opt/openoffice.org/basis3.3
[chris@pollux basis3.3]$ ls -lah
total 36K
drwxr-xr-x  6 root root 4.0K Jan 17  2011 .
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 4.0K Jul 24 10:49 ..
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 4.0K Jan 17  2011 help
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4.0K Jan 17  2011 presets
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root  16K Jul 23 22:03 program
drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4.0K Jan 17  2011 share
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    6 Jul 23 22:02 ure-link -> ../ure   <<<<<---- Here is the problem, ure-link points to nowhere
[chris@pollux basis3.3]$ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/openoffice.org/ure ure-link
ln: creating symbolic link `ure-link': File exists
[chris@pollux basis3.3]$ sudo rm ure-link
[chris@pollux basis3.3]$ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/openoffice.org/ure ure-link  <<<<------ This is the solution, to re-create the softlink
[chris@pollux basis3.3]$ ls -lah
total 36K
drwxr-xr-x  6 root root 4.0K Jul 24 18:46 .
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 4.0K Jul 24 10:49 ..
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 4.0K Jan 17  2011 help
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4.0K Jan 17  2011 presets
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root  16K Jul 23 22:03 program
drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4.0K Jan 17  2011 share
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   27 Jul 24 18:46 ure-link -> /usr/lib/openoffice.org/ure
[chris@pollux basis3.3]$

An after that, it works! At least for me...

[inchmix]

Thanks zusolar. This worked for me. Tho i have the 64 bit install so the path was different so I did ln -s /usr/lib64/openoffice.org/ure ure-link.

[bluezeak]

This was great infomation, thank you. I have a very similar problem though, and your information didn't solve it for me. After URE updated, office won't work. I created a new thread.
http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/vi ... 20#p249820