Re: [libreoffice-users] --convert-to always fails silently on Ubuntu

On 03/27/2013 10:57 PM, Graham Glass wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I just downloaded libreoffice 4 and installed it on a Mac (Lion) and Linux
> (Ubuntu). On the Mac, everything works exactly as I expected, and I can
> easily convert documents to pdfs using the command line tool like this:
>
> /Applications/LibreOffice.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice --headless --convert-to
> pdf sample.ppt
>
> However, on Unbuntu, when I execute the equivalent command, it always fails
> quickly and silently with exit code 77 (Permission denied).
>
> /opt/libreoffice4.0/program/soffice --headless --convert-to pdf sample.ppt
>
> This failure happens regardless of whether I am a regular user or superuser.
> I am not running libreoffice via a user interface, and this command is being
> executed on an Amazon EC2 headless machine.
>
> Can someone offer any advice, either a method to get more error information
> (such as a log file or a verbose flag) so I can figure out what's going on?
> I'm sure it's a simple issue, but right now the lack of error reporting is
> making it hard to get the issue resolved.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Cheers,
> Graham
>
>
>
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Graham,

Try the command prefixed with sudo.

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Jay Lozier
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