Upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10 -- LibreOffice plug-in no longer works

PaulH

I upgraded from 12.04 to 12.10 and I am no longer able to add/edit citations in Libre Office in either Standalone or Zotero in Firefox. Tried to reinstall the plug-in in FF several times, kept getting an error. Error report # 1647568582

Thanks for looking into this.

Simon

Start with http://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_plugin_troubleshooting#installation_error

barryk2

I have the same problem; I have tried the instructions on the installation error page to no avail.

I already had the plug-in installed before the update to 12.10, but today when I tried pressing any of the buttons for add citation or edit citation nothing happens.

After following the instructions above without improvement, I tried completely removing the add-on in Firefox, the extension in LibreOffice, completely removing everything libreoffice-related in synaptic, restarted computer, reinstall everything and this time the addon appeared in libreoffice with the name 'addon 1' and a huge toolbar where all the buttons were full-text descriptions of their function (instead of the icons they are supposed to be). Attempts to reinstall the addon meet with the same error as first time around.

Here's a report ID (one of many): 373932349

llmunro

Hi all,

Same problem as above after an upgrade to Ubuntu 12.10. Have tried uninstalling/reinstalling plugin, manually reinstalling plugin, starting/restarting LibreOffice, and starting restarting computer, etc. No dice.

Ubuntu 12.10, Firefox 16.0.1, Zotero 3.0.8.

Thanks much.
Best,
Lisa

adamsmith

For a prior version of Ubuntu this was specific to the LO version packaged with Ubuntu and not the vanilla one from LO itself. Probably worth trying that out.

barryk2

Thank you for your response; that does indeed seem to be the problem.

After removing LibreOffice + related packages through synaptic I installed it manually and everything is working again.

adamsmith

a less brute force solution is suggested here:
http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/24817/zotero-standalone-dead-link-to-install-reextension/#Item_12
I haven't tested this, but worth a try before going through the de-install/install process.

llmunro

Solved!

Thanks adamsmith for the tip about the gentler method for getting the LO plugin to work. I went to Options in LO and indicated which Java version for Zotero to use. I then reinstalled the LO extension successfully and it seems to be working now.

Thanks to all!

Best,
Lisa