[CentOS] LibreOffice 4.0 on Centos 5.9

[m.roth at 5-cent.us]

Johnny Hughes wrote:
> On 02/10/2013 11:59 AM, fred smith wrote:
>> On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 04:11:00PM +0000, Nux! wrote:
>>> On 10.02.2013 14:11, fred smith wrote:
>>>> I've just installed LibreOffice 4.0.0.3 on my Centos 5.9 system. the
>>>> previous version (3.4.x) was working fine. But 4.0.0.3 won't start up.
>>>> When run from a terminal it prints:
>>>>
>>>> no suitable windowing system found, exiting.
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>>>> Or any hints for making it work?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
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>> Now I have LO starting, but the document (foo.odt) I'm trying to read
>> (which works fine in LO 3.x on a windows box, both versions reading from
>> the same shared folder out on the network) it claims is corrupt, asks
>> if I want to repair it and instantly says it can't be repaired. Still
>> works well on the older/windows LO. SIGH.
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> I had some other issues with some Calc macros that open URL links not
> working properly in 4.0.x, which worked fine on 3.4.x, 3.5.x, and 3.6.x
> LibreOffice as well as on older 3.x versions of OpenOffice.
>
> This same issue happened initially on 3.6.x as well, but they fixed it
> by 3.6.2 ... so I suspect they will fix it on 4.0.x as well.
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There's a simple fix... unless you like being an alpha tester for
software, don't install prior to r.0.x, where x > 0....

        mark "I also use CentOS at home, *not* fedora"