installation error with openoffice 3.0

edgarkls

I am currently testing OpenSuse 11.1 RC1. Their standard office suite is OpenOffice 3.0. I am using Zotero 1.5 Sync. When I tried to install the OpenOffice- plugin 2.02 a, using extension manager, the installation failed. There is no error message on konsole, but OpenOffice comes up with a lengthy popup - window. Unfortunately, I can not copy/paste its contents, so I had to take a screenshot.

here it is

dstillman

Do other Python-based OpenOffice extensions work? (I don't actually know of any, but something from here: http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/search/node/python)

edgarkls

Strange, I have just tried another Python based extension (Language Tool), and it also fails, complaining as follows:

<(com.sun.star.uno.RuntimeException) { { Message = "javaloader error - no mapping from java to C++", Context = (com.sun.star.uno.XInterface) @ 0 } } >

dstillman

It's possible that PyUNO, the OpenOffice Python bridge, doesn't work with Python 2.6 (or something else on openSUSE)...

edgarkls

that would not be good news for opensuse users, since 11.1 is due to be released in two weeks time

edgarkls

I have now managed to install Language Tool and another Python based extension, but the Zotero plugin still throws up the long error message. So far I have added /usr/lib64/ooo3/program and /usr/lib/ooo3/program to PYTHONPATH. That seems to have done the trick with the other two extensions, though not with Zotero.

dstillman

Looks like it's being worked on, though unclear if it will make 11.1:

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=448776

edgarkls

Thanks for the link. I've applied the suggested patch to uno.py and it now works like a charm. The patch may not make it into 11.1 GM, but it will be included in 11.1 final, which is due for release on December, 18th.