Bug 113515 - LibreOffice Versions 5.3.x.x and 5.4.x.x install on freshly installed Linux Mint 18.2 or Ubuntu 17.10 but won't run 5.1.6.2 runs fine
Summary: LibreOffice Versions 5.3.x.x and 5.4.x.x install on freshly installed Linux M...
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
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Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
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5.4.2.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
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Reported: 2017-10-30 06:33 UTC by Carlos Sevcik
Modified: 2017-11-06 13:21 UTC (History)
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Description Carlos Sevcik 2017-10-30 06:33:51 UTC 
LibreOffice versions 5.3.6.x.x and 5.4.2.2 install faultlessly on freshly installed Linux Mint 18.2 Cinnamon  or Ubuntu 17.10. Versions of Mint initially installed as 18.0 and the updated with each release to 18.1 and then 18.2 do not have the problem. Freshly installing Mint 18.0 and then immediately updating it to 18.2 will show the bug just the same.
Comment 1 Carlos Sevcik 2017-11-01 01:23:40 UTC 
The program looks for libraries where they don't exist in Mint 18.2 or Ubuntu 17.10, look the results pf running the following command in my machine:

csevcik@macsi /opt/libreoffice5.4/program $ ./soffice
/opt/libreoffice5.4/program/oosplash: error while loading shared libraries: libXinerama.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

in machines where Linux Mint evolved from 18.0 -> 18.1 -> 18.2 the libraries were in a directory named /usr/local/i386-linux-gnu which contained 32 bit libraries in spite of Mint being for 64 bit machines. Do not know when along Mint upgrades and updates was the directory created before, or why is it not being created now. But I thin 64Bit LO should look for the libraries it needs in 64Bit directories. :-(
Comment 2 Carlos Sevcik 2017-11-01 01:37:26 UTC 
LO 5.4.x.x and 5.3.x.x seem to be looking for libraries which do not exist in machines where Mint 18.2 is installed de novo, but existed in machines where Mint 18.0 was installed and upgraded -> 18.1 -> 18.2 with al the updates and upgrades that evolved in between. The files existed in directory /usr/local/i386-linux-gnu which contained apparently 32bit libraries in 64bit Mint 18.X. Look at this command: 

/opt/libreoffice5.4/program/soffice
/opt/libreoffice5.4/program/oosplash: error while loading shared libraries: libX11.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Still I think LO should search for these libraries in 64bit libraries directories.
Comment 3 Carlos Sevcik 2017-11-01 01:38:28 UTC 
I cannot change the status, but I feel the error is critical.
Comment 4 Carlos Sevcik 2017-11-02 01:12:33 UTC 
It is also seeking libuuid.so.1 in /lib/i386-linux-gnu which actually is in /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
Comment 5 Carlos Sevcik 2017-11-05 14:00:36 UTC 
Solved!! By mistake LO for 32bit was installed in my 64Bit computer :-o
Comment 6 Xavier Van Wijmeersch 2017-11-06 13:21:25 UTC 
Thank you for the info

Best regards