baldwin linguas <baldwinlinguas <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I downloaded the debs for amd64 libreoffice, and did
> dpkg -i *.debs in the DEBS dir.
> Trying to run soffice from /opt (where it installed) gives:
> /opt/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin: symbol lookup error:
> /opt/libreoffice/basis3.3/program/libcairo.so.2: undefined symbol:
> pixman_region32_init
> 
> Same thing if I try to run individual components (i.e., swriter).
> 
> This is, as mentioned, on Debian/Lenny, amd64.
> libcairo.so.2, incidentally, is in /usr/lib, not in /opt...
> Obviously, it's looking in the wrong place for this library.
> Oddly, I had similar trouble trying to run kompozer and acroread
> (looking in the wrong place for libs),
> although I'm sure that's completely unrelated to libreoffice.
> All the same, I have all these same programs running fine on a 32bit
> debian lenny machine in another room,
> so, I can't help but think it has something to do with amd64.
> 
> please assist.
> 
> thanks,
> tony
> 


Met the same error, used this workaround (as root):

cd /opt/libreoffice/basis3.3/program/
mv libcairo.so.2 libcairo.so.2.liboff-NOT-working
ln -s /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2

Works fine.
Marcel


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