On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 02:29:35PM -0500, Bruce Dubbs via blfs-dev wrote:
> On 8/13/19 2:11 PM, Ken Moffat via blfs-dev wrote:
> > I got LO installed with the options I think we should be using :
> > enable gtk3 and disable gtk (i.e. gtk2), and system epoxy - gtk3 is
> > supposed to enable system cairo, which it does, and system epoxy,
> > but it doesn't.
> > 
> > For once, I'm using a DE (old xfce-4.12) so I'm trying to use the
> > desktop files.  Disaster, each one produces a message dialog
> > 
> >   Failed to execute command "libreoffice6.3 --writer %U".
> > 
> >   Failed to execute child process
> >   “libreoffice6.3” (No such file or directory)
> > 
> > 
> > The odd thing is that the desktop files appear to be unchanged, e.g.
> > calc.desktop ends
> > 
> > Exec=libreoffice --calc %U
> > 
> > I'm guessing that we can change these files with a sed, to e.g.
> 
> For an older version of LO I have:
> 
> $ ll /usr/bin/libreoffice
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 56 Jul 15 17:31 /usr/bin/libreoffice ->
> /opt/libreoffice-6.2.5.2/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice
> 
> Do you have an equivalent link of libreoffice -> soffice ?
> 
>   -- Bruce

ken@plexi ~ $ls -l /usr/bin/libreoffice 
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 Aug 13 18:18 /usr/bin/libreoffice ->
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice

It also occurs to me that this _might_ only happen on some machines,
or some DEs, and could perhaps better be handled in a 'configuring'
section after install (as root) ?

ĸen
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