Can anyone tell me what is wrong with LibreOffice?

[Owen Thomas]

I got the image from the main Ubuntu site. It's probably too old now...
maybe I can get it from an archive. I thought I checked the checksums
before I copied it off to the USB, It has crossed my mind that it could be
fiddled with in other naughty ways, and that has got me wondering if it is
a good idea to reinstall with a freshly downloaded image.

On 7 October 2017 at 19:47, Joel Rees <joel.rees at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yay.
>
> If you still have the install image you downloaded, you could check the
> checksums to see if something untoward happened in the download.
>
> 2017/10/07 10:48 "Owen Thomas" <owen.paul.thomas at gmail.com>:
>
> That seems to have worked.
>>
>> I think the problem was that my installation of 16.04 (I reinstalled from
>> the USB I created for this process a few months ago) has a pre-bundled
>> LibraOffice. It automatically installed itself when I reinstalled Ubuntu.
>> The software installer was functioning on the new OS installation, so I
>> removed it and deleted the .config/libreoffice directory. Before I removed
>> the directory, I noticed that the directory had a single sub-directory
>> named 4.
>>
>> I reinstalled LibreOffice Writer only, and notice that the L&F is
>> considerably different to what I was expecting. The main thing now is that
>> I have squiggly red lines appear under color and not colour and an
>> Australian English dictionary is sitting nicely inside the Text Language
>> list of my Spelling: English (Australia) dialogue box. Hence, I conclude
>> that there was something odd about where I sourced the image on the USB.
>>
>> I was sure I got it from the Ubuntu download page, but all's well that
>> ends well I suppose.
>>
>>   Owen.
>>
>>
>> On 7 October 2017 at 11:14, Owen Thomas <owen.paul.thomas at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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>>>>>> Joel Rees
>>>>>>
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