LibreOffice Install and Use Problems

[Oliver Grawert]

hi,
Am Dienstag, den 27.09.2016, 08:51 -0700 schrieb paulwheeler at cox.net:
> 
> Package info: Version: 1:5.1.4-0ubuntu1  (xenial-updates)
> 
> 
> Unless I am mistaken, you are the package maintainers, so it does not
> matter what Linux system it is installed on, it should work, right?

yes, these are ubuntu packages, developed and tested against a specific
ubuntu release, against ubuntu libraries and ubuntu installations ...

they do not get tested against mint installs, modified mint libraries
or mint desktops ... you should talk to the mint maintainers why an
ubuntu package does not work on your mint install.

your assumption that it does not matter which linux sytem a binary that
was built against a specific set of dependencies of a specific distro
runs on is wrong. it matters a lot, especially if you use  a package
with a lot of dependencies like libreoffice.

try asking the mint guys. in case you or they can track your breakage
down to a specific ubuntu related issue, feel free to file an ubuntu
bug on launchpad ...

ciao
	oli

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