Hi :)
I think you should NOT be using trying to run as SuperUser by su or sudo
or anything. It should work without that but i agree it was a good idea to
give it a go to see what happens.
Can you try adding the tag
-v
or
--verbose
to see if it gives you more output to explain what is going wrong?
Perhaps something like
/opt/libreoffice4.0/program/soffice --headless -v --convert-to pdf
sample.ppt
I'm not sure if position matters but i think it doesn't. If it does then
i've probably put it in the wrong place. You can find out more about the
tags that can be used in Gnu&Linux by just using the tag
-h
or
--help
Btw the double - and full word seems to be the newer way but not everyone
has caught up yet so sometimes programs still need the shorter tag or are
happy with either. Its getting less messy like that now but it takes time
for an evolution like that to ripple outwards. Machines in remote places
might be worth holding back from radical upgrades just in case something
does go wrong. No-one wants to go for a long hike in space just to plug a
keyboard in and sit doing coding work.
Regards from
Tom :)
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From: Graham Glass <[hidden email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4046756&i=0>>
To: [hidden email] <http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4046756&i=1>
Sent: Thursday, 28 March 2013, 2:57
Subject: [libreoffice-users] --convert-to always fails silently on Ubuntu
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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