Cannot start LO with --disable-gui build

Michael Stahl mst at libreoffice.org
Mon Dec 2 10:20:58 UTC 2019


On 29.11.19 17:35, Alex Kom wrote:
> then |make| it, but when I'm trying to run |./soffice.bin --convert-to 
> pdf test.doc| or use |lok::lok_cpp_init| from LibreOfficeKit, an error 
> occures:
> 
> /LibreOffice - dialog 'LibreOfficeDev 6.1 - Fatal Error': 'The 
> application cannot be started./
> 
> Little debugging through code gave me a clue, that it's might be 
> unability to initialize UNO or just setting wrong PATH\LD_LIBRARY_PATH\etc.
> 
> So, what am I doing wrong? (except using --disable-gui, I've seen, it's 
> experimental)

"soffice.bin" is not a supported way to start LO; you have to run 
"soffice" instead (or soffice.exe on windows).


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