LibreOffice 7.0 - Fatal Error: The application cannot be started.

Details of the error msg are:
Error while reinstalling all previously deployed packages of context user /build/libreoffice-fresh/src/libreoffice-7.0.1.2/desktop/source/deployment/manager/dp_manager.cxx:1179

  • After this message, I removed LO completely with
  • sudo pacman -R -ss libreoffice-fresh
  • reinstalled it, the history shows the following where automatically added:
  • libreoffice-fresh (7.0.1-1)
    libqxp (0.0.2-4)
    libstaroffice (0.0.7-1)
    libfreehand (0.1.2-3)
    libnumbertext (1.0.6-1)
    libatomic_ops (7.6.10-2)
    libmwaw (0.3.16-1)
    libabw (0.1.3-2)
    clucene (2.3.3.4-11)
    libmspub (0.1.4-7)
    libcdr (0.1.6-2)
    libodfgen (0.1.7-2)
    libetonyek (0.1.9-2)
    lpsolve (5.5.2.5-4)
    redland (1:1.0.17-8)
    rasqal (1:0.9.33-3)
    libwps (0.4.12-1)
    libzmf (0.0.2-8)
    libexttextcat (3.4.5-2)
    libepubgen (0.1.1-2)
    libcmis (0.5.2-4)
    libe-book (0.1.3-7)
    liblangtag (0.6.3-2)
    liborcus (0.15.4-1)
    libixion (0.15.0-1)
    libvisio (0.1.7-3)
    libwpg (0.3.3-2)
    libwpd (0.10.3-2)
    libpagemaker (0.0.4-2)
    librevenge (0.0.4-3)

But I still get the same error message, any idea?


  • My system is:
  • System:
    Kernel: 5.9.0-1-MANJARO x86_64
  • Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.19.5 Distro: Manjaro Linux
    -Machine:
  • Type: Laptop System: Dell product: XPS 15 9550 v: N/A serial:
    Mobo: Dell model: 0N7TVV v: A01 serial: UEFI: Dell v: 1.2.16
    date: 10/07/2016
  • CPU: Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-6700HQ bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Skylake-S rev: 3 L2 cache: 6144 KiB
    flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
    bogomips: 41621
  • Graphics:
  • Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 530 vendor: Dell XPS 15 9550 driver: i915
    v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0
  • Device-2: NVIDIA GM107M [GeForce GTX 960M] vendor: Dell XPS 15 9550
    driver: nouveau v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0
  • Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.8 driver: intel,nouveau
    unloaded: modesetting resolution: 1920x1080
  • OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 530 (SKL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.1.7
    direct render: Yes
    -Info:
  • Processes: 239 Uptime: 56m Memory: 15.46 GiB used: 4.14 GiB (26.8%)
    Init: systemd Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 clang: 10.0.1 Packages: 1774
    Shell: Bash v: 5.0.18 inxi: 3.1.05

Hello

compared your installed packages ( columns w/ Error) with my installation (columns w/o Error) on Manjaro (updated to same kernel l: 5.9.0-1-MANJARO x86_64 you are using) and could not find any difference.

So your problem seems not to be within your installed packages.

  1. open terminal and get root rights
  2. cd /home/user/.config
  3. change user to actual and run:
    chown -R user:user ./libreoffice/
  4. enjoy
  5. I solwed problem in this way