LibreOffice not opening

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If a try to open LibreOffice or any document (spreadsheets, presentations, written or .doc files), it will atempt to start the aplication and just exit it with no error before starting.

try running it from command line. maybe it will prompt some message — Misery, May 01 '12 at 15:34
I'm having the same problem, but only with Writer (Calc works fine). Answers below don't fix it, terminal outputs nothing. — sondra.kinsey, Jul 18 '17 at 00:05

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 27 '13 at 20:42

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From a terminal(Ctrl-Alt-t):

Create a folder called user in ~/.config/libreoffice/3/.

Then, copy files from /usr/lib/libreoffice/share to ~/.config/libreoffice/3/user/

Finally, change owner group and permissions, then run libreoffice.

edited Jun 27 '13 at 20:42

Kevin Bowen

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answered Nov 07 '12 at 01:38

Fragles

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered May 01 '12 at 17:49

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Open up a terminal and run the following command:

libreoffice --writer

That way you will get output from the start in your terminal and most likely an error message that gives at least a hint. If you don't see what the problem is right away post the output here.

For other terminal options try "libreoffice --help".

answered May 01 '12 at 17:49

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Hi, I know this is an old thread, but I have tried this and I get no error message. The terminal simply moves to a new line when trying to open a .docx file. – Mochan Sep 11 '12 at 12:34

LibreOffice not opening

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