I have just had this problem using Ubuntu Lucid Lynx. As Dimitrios says installing the openoffice.org-base package using the Synaptic package manager or via the command line solves the problem.
-- [upstream] Open office crashes when trying to set up Bibliography Database https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/527938 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
