LibreOffice 4.1 release (x64 DEB) package is missing the desktop-integration directory with the menu setup. Please re-create the DEB package as it cannot be installed in its current form

Contents of DEB directory. Notice there is no desktop-integration directory:

root@esocid:/usr/src/LibreOffice_4.1.0.4_Linux_x86-64_deb# cd DEBS/
root@esocid:/usr/src/LibreOffice_4.1.0.4_Linux_x86-64_deb/DEBS# sl
total 204700
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500 10431140 Jul 23 13:20 libobasis4.1-calc_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500 20909096 Jul 23 13:21 libobasis4.1-core01_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500   197986 Jul 23 13:20 libobasis4.1-core02_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500  2972322 Jul 23 13:20 libobasis4.1-core03_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500 56608410 Jul 23 13:21 libobasis4.1-core04_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500 26938840 Jul 23 13:20 libobasis4.1-core05_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500  7480414 Jul 23 13:19 libobasis4.1-core06_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500     7558 Jul 23 13:20 libobasis4.1-core07_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500     3826 Jul 23 13:20 libobasis4.1-draw_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500    83458 Jul 23 13:19 libobasis4.1-en-us_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500    39338 Jul 23 13:19 libobasis4.1-en-us-base_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500    66790 Jul 23 13:20 libobasis4.1-en-us-calc_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500    16166 Jul 23 13:21 libobasis4.1-en-us-math_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500   310224 Jul 23 13:20 libobasis4.1-en-us-res_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500     1074 Jul 23 13:20 libobasis4.1-en-us-writer_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500   284314 Jul 23 13:19 libobasis4.1-extension-beanshell-script-provider_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500   637138 Jul 23 13:20 libobasis4.1-extension-javascript-script-provider_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500  2864258 Jul 23 13:20 libobasis4.1-extension-mediawiki-publisher_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500  1013058 Jul 23 13:21 libobasis4.1-extension-nlpsolver_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500   652960 Jul 23 13:20 libobasis4.1-extension-pdf-import_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500   467612 Jul 23 13:19 libobasis4.1-extension-presentation-minimizer_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500  3569924 Jul 23 13:20 libobasis4.1-extension-report-builder_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500   544978 Jul 23 13:19 libobasis4.1-gnome-integration_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500  3077956 Jul 23 13:20 libobasis4.1-graphicfilter_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500  9709292 Jul 23 13:20 libobasis4.1-images_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500   656376 Jul 23 13:21 libobasis4.1-impress_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500    25394 Jul 23 13:20 libobasis4.1-kde-integration_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500   105622 Jul 23 13:20 libobasis4.1-librelogo_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500   575332 Jul 23 13:20 libobasis4.1-math_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500   100798 Jul 23 13:19 libobasis4.1-ogltrans_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500   175522 Jul 23 13:20 libobasis4.1-onlineupdate_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500 15628576 Jul 23 13:19 libobasis4.1-ooofonts_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500   170428 Jul 23 13:19 libobasis4.1-ooolinguistic_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500  1160798 Jul 23 13:21 libobasis4.1-postgresql-sdbc_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500    10602 Jul 23 13:19 libobasis4.1-python-script-provider_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500  8672212 Jul 23 13:20 libobasis4.1-pyuno_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500  9746664 Jul 23 13:19 libobasis4.1-writer_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500    49960 Jul 23 13:20 libobasis4.1-xsltfilter_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500   390004 Jul 23 13:21 libreoffice4.1_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500      756 Jul 23 13:19 libreoffice4.1-base_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500      756 Jul 23 13:19 libreoffice4.1-calc_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500  6444308 Jul 23 10:40 libreoffice4.1-debian-menus_4.1.0-4_all.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500  6565090 Jul 23 13:20 libreoffice4.1-dict-en_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500  1381204 Jul 23 13:20 libreoffice4.1-dict-es_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500  2238256 Jul 23 13:20 libreoffice4.1-dict-fr_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500      758 Jul 23 13:20 libreoffice4.1-draw_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500     6332 Jul 23 13:19 libreoffice4.1-en-us_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500      760 Jul 23 13:21 libreoffice4.1-impress_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500      760 Jul 23 13:20 libreoffice4.1-math_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500  4265340 Jul 23 13:19 libreoffice4.1-ure_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500      760 Jul 23 13:21 libreoffice4.1-writer_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 500  2229996 Jul 23 13:20 libobasis4.1-base_4.1.0.4-4_amd64.deb
root@esocid:/usr/src/LibreOffice_4.1.0.4_Linux_x86-64_deb/DEBS#

Note also that it does not remove LO v4.0.

libreoffice4.1-debian-menus_4.1.0-4_all.deb is now in the main DEBS directory.

All the icons were created properly in my xubuntu 13.04 “Mouse->Office” menu, and v4.1 Calc fired up properly.

Further details about this change (between v4.0 and v4.1) can be found in this LO Dev mailing list thread: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/LO-4-1-0-debian-desktop-integration-package-td4065951.html

@oweng your link does not work, it contains some html code at the end!

@VS, yes, sorry. There has been a problem with the link handler in the Askbot engine of the site since the upgrade to v0.7.48 on 4 July. I can’t edit the comment anymore as there is only a 10 minute window of opportunity for doing so. You will have to copy the link and remove the tag from the end for the time being.

Please read the Info from package libreoffice4.1-debian-menus_4.1.0-4_all.deb

 neues Debian-Paket, Version 2.0.
 Größe 6479380 Byte: control-Archiv= 2151 Byte.
     167 Byte,     6 Zeilen      control
    7854 Byte,   184 Zeilen   *  postinst             #!/bin/sh
     850 Byte,    26 Zeilen   *  postrm               #!/bin/sh
     236 Byte,     9 Zeilen   *  prerm                #!/bin/sh
 Package: libreoffice4.1-debian-menus
 Description: LibreOffice 4.1 desktop integration
 Maintainer: LibreOffice
 Architecture: all
 Version: 4.1.0-4
 Installed-Size: 32620

I do not understand this answer. Nor the LO Dev link. How do I get desktop integration back? I installed everything in the DEBS directory (which does have the menus supposedly), but there are no desktop links at all. How do I get them back onto the left-hand bar?

Which distribution and version are you using? If you are still unable to obtain the menu entries after installing all files in the DEBS/ directory then you may either still have a stub from a prior installation installed or be experiencing a bug.

I have Ubuntu 13.04. I removed the old apps from the application manager. How do I remove the old stubs?
The instructions in the README file are definitely wrong and need to be fixed.
Thanks for the help.

I am having the same problem i.e.No desktop integration. I just (yesterday) download the version from the LO site 4.1.0.4

I tried

sudo apt-get remove --purge libreoffice*

sudo apt-get clean

sudo apt-get autoremove

and reinstalled the new package, and still no icons. I dids notice that although the packages are:
LibreOffice_4.1.0.4_Linux_x86-64_deb and
LibreOffice_4.1.0.4_Linux_x86-64_deb_helppack_en-US, the things inside are all amd64.

@jarome, amd64 = x86_64 as Intel lost that particular bitwise contest. If you are running Ubuntu then you will need to install from the PPA to obtain desktop integration: How to update LO to 4.1 in Ubuntu? @dogluvver, what distribution are you running?

I updated the repository and used the PPA and still get no icons for LibreOffice in Ubuntu 13.04.

I just noticed this permissions bug: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67441 Please ensure that your installed files have the correct permission (root:root). This issue does not seem to be affecting me here, but then again I run a very basic desktop or may have simply been lucky the permissions did not collide with existing definitions.

Actually, it now appears that https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67441 is a duplicate of https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67388 which has been fixed for v4.1.1.

Under Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (64 bit) and 4.1.0.4 version of Libreoffice, the icons were not all there in the unity dashboard. I was able to restore them all by using the Main Menu application and selecting the missing icons under “Office” and rebooting. All is well now. :slight_smile: