Command libreoffice -writer results in
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/oosplash: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libuno_sal.so.3: invalid ELF header
Acquired behavior. Writer worked fine, then one day stopped working. Reinstall of LibreOffice didn't help.
Ubuntu MATE 18.04.3 LTS on AMD-64
Took Opaque's advice and reinstalled uno-libs 3. Then, I attempted sudo apt install libreoffice, which resulted in a big long display that ended as follows:
"Errors were encountered while processing: /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-BGXK4R/07-libreoffice-common_1%3a6.0.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.10_all.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) rjs@RSBK:~$ libreoffice
Command 'libreoffice' not found, but can be installed with:
sudo snap install libreoffice"
which I did. Now I have libreoffice working, nice new 6.3.2.2 version. Clearly there is also some issue with dpkg, but I won't worry about that. Thanks for assistance of Opaque and Ratslinger.
Asked: 2019-10-16 20:02:04 +0100
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Hello,
You have not stated what version of LO you are using. If using v6.3.x try:
where 6.3 is the version installed.
Please show us output from command:
file /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libuno_sal.so.3: It should povide something like:Output is from an Ubuntu MATE 18.04 using Libreoffice 6.0.7 (no PPA used)
@Opaque,
Here is mine from Ubuntu MATE 18.04.3 using Libreoffice v6.3.2.2 (TDF):
@Ratslinger - thanks for the info.
@rjs485 - did you use PPA or TDF resources recently and now reverted to distribution version 6.0.7?(Asking since on my Ubuntu test system I do change very often and had a similar issue just some minutes ago)
Please check also https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/146116/undefined-symbol-_zn11languagetagc1erks_/ which points to reinstall of package
uno-libs3may be required.Here is the output Opaque requested. I included ls to make sure the file was present. I never paid attention to what version of Libreoffice I was using, and now none of the Libreoffice programs start, so I don't know how to determine the version.
rjs@RSBK:~$ file /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libuno_sal.so.3 /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libuno_sal.so.3: data rjs@RSBK:~$ ls /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libuno_sal.so.3 /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libuno_sal.so.3 rjs@RSBK:~$
Looks like your installation is corrupt - a type of
datais definitely incorrect for an shared object library. Please try to reinstalluno-libs3using the following command:sudo apt install --reinstall uno-libs3(If you never paid attentation to what's being installed you most probably have version 6.0.7, which is installed by Ubuntu 18.04).