Can anyone tell me what is wrong with LibreOffice?

[Owen Thomas]

I will install LibreOffice through the software centre after the Ubuntu
installation has completed, and not as part of the installation of Ubuntu.

On 7 October 2017 at 11:10, Owen Thomas <owen.paul.thomas at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think there's something wrong with my Ubuntu installation and this has
> contaminated LibreOffice. I find that the problem that prompted me to start
> this thread is manifest even when I create another user account and log in
> as this other user.
>
> When I go back to my account and try to remove LibreOffice, I cannot
> locate LibreOffice (or, owing to the fact that nothing at all is displayed
> in the "installed software" window pane, anything) in the Ubuntu software
> manager.
>
> My conclusion here is that something really screwy has happened to my
> Ubuntu possibly in recent weeks. I'm going to reinstall Ubuntu and see what
> happens...
>
>   Owen.
>
> On 7 October 2017 at 09:41, Owen Thomas <owen.paul.thomas at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Joel.
>>
>> All the suggestions you and others here have been given me are great and
>> I'm going to try them in an arbitrary order unless or until I find one that
>> fixes the problem. I'll have a go at them after breakfast.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>   Owen.
>>
>>
>> On 7 October 2017 at 09:27, Joel Rees <joel.rees at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 2017/10/07 6:50 "Owen Thomas" <owen.paul.thomas at gmail.com>:
>>> >
>>> > Well, actually, I was just reporting what I had found, accompanied by
>>> some frustration at having a problem.
>>> >
>>> > It is neither my problem nor the software, nor the OS, nor the
>>> developers, nor anyone's in particular. I don't see a conspiracy here,
>>> however, I think you would understand that there is something of a
>>> universal truth in the observation that like any problem you would have, I
>>> would like to have this one fixed so I can get on with my life.
>>> >
>>>
>>> Have you tried deleting the preferences/configuration files which have
>>> been mentioned?
>>>
>>> And if that didn't improve things, the suggestion about purging the
>>> libre office install?
>>>
>>> Have you looked in the error logs?
>>>
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>>>
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