Cannot start LO 4.1.1. due to missing libdbus-glib-1.so.2

[rlindau]

I am running Linux Mint 15, had till today been running Libreoffice 4.1.0.1, and wanted to go to LO 4.1.1.

I used synaptic to remove 4.1.0.1 (completely removed all packages starting with “libreoffice” and “libobasis”), and then I installed 4.1.1 following the instructions posted at http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/installation/linux/

However, now I find LO will not start. When I attempt to start it via the terminal, I see the error message…

/opt/libreoffice4.1/program/soffice.bin: error while loading shared libraries: libdbus-glib-1.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I tried installing libdbus-glib-1-2 via apt-get, but apt tells me I already have the most current version installed.

Can I ask someone’s help in talking me thru what I need to do to resolve the problem?

Thank you, RL

[L-user]

Don’t install LibreOffice from LibreOffice.org web page. Use LibreOffice Ubuntu PPA (Mint is based on Ubuntu and Ubuntu PPAs should be working fine).


Read my post on how to do this: Will the current libre office 4.0.2.2 on ubuntu be updated?

[rlindau]

Thank you, L-user - your approach resolved my problem. Regards, RL

[felipelopess]

You can simply install the lib for i386:

 sudo apt-get install libdbus-glib-1-2:i386