LibreOffice packaged by AppImageKit failed to convert MS Word format to PDF format using command line interface

[ghost]

Hi,

I tested LibreOffice 5.0.4 downloaded from https://bintray.com/probono/AppImages/LibreOffice/ , as well as self built LibreOffice images according to https://github.com/probonopd/AppImageKit/wiki/Bundling-OpenOffice, both has problem when converting MS Word format to PDF format.

Steps to reproduce:

1. prepare a MS Word document, or Excel, or PowerPoint, etc.
2. using command line to convert the file

$ ./ooo.AppImage --convert-to pdf test_doc.doc

Expected result:
convert test_doc.doc -> test_doc.pdf using filter : writer_pdf_Export
Actual result:
Error: source file could not be loaded

According to my experience from creating portable LibreOffice for Windows, it seems this error usually happens when some part of LibreOffice installation is missing.

Any comment is great appreciated, thanks for the great work!

[probonopd]

Please specify an absolute path, e.g., do not use

$ ./ooo.AppImage --convert-to pdf test_doc.doc

but instead use

$ ./ooo.AppImage --convert-to pdf /path/to/test_doc.doc

[ghost]

Hi @probonopd, thanks a lot for the hints!

With ./ooo.AppImage --convert-to pdf /path/to/test_doc.doc it still doesn't work, failed with

Error: Please verify input parameters... (SfxBaseModel::impl_store <file:///tmp/.mount_9m6UIc/usr/test_doc.pdf> failed: 0x11b)

However, after specify an absolute path for output dir, it starts to work:

./ooo.AppImage --convert-to pdf /path/to/test_doc.doc --outdir /path/to/output  --headless

Please close the issue. Thank you for the great work!

[probonopd]

Yes, all paths need to be absolute when using AppImages.