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Ubuntu Server requires LibreOffice to run richdocumentscode in NextCloud

Open Arc86 opened this issue 4 years ago • 2 comments

On Ubuntu Server running a snap package of Nextcloud it looks like the only way to get the Collabora Online - Built-in CODE Server to work is to downgrade it to v6.4.608. Installing a higher version causes it not to function. see topic

I found out that on desktop variants this is not the case and it runs fine out of the box. So I thought why not install LibreOffice on Ubuntu Server and see what happens… and right after that the latest version of richdocumentscode is running fine.

I unfortunately don’t have to expertise to narrow this down to a single dependency, but it does look like after v6.4.608 a dependency is introduced from LibreOffice that causes it not to run on systems without LibreOffice installed.

Arc86 avatar Nov 14 '21 13:11 Arc86

I can second this, I had the same issue but when attempting to downgrade the server stopped working, so I found your issue post here and installed libreoffice on my Debian server and it fixed the whole issue.

I also agree with your consensus of a new added dependency that is not there. The dependency needs to be identified and added to the AppImage for the builtin CODE server.

MattMadness avatar Nov 22 '21 18:11 MattMadness

Actually, installing libreoffice did not actually seem to fix it for me, or it only worked for a short while (but that don't make too much sense). I'll start scanning over logs once I get some spare time.

MattMadness avatar Nov 23 '21 05:11 MattMadness