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pdf creation and libreoffice

Asked by omar

i'm attempting to generate a PDF file directly when calling render. i have libreoffice running in server mode. when i run my program i get this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "bar_plot.py", line 237, in <module>
    renderer.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/appy/pod/renderer.py", line 369, in run
    self.finalize()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/appy/pod/renderer.py", line 486, in finalize
    output = self.callOpenOffice(resultOdtName, resultType)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/appy/pod/renderer.py", line 443, in callOpenOffice
    raise pe
appy.pod.PodError: An error occurred during the conversion. Doc URL "/home/omar/project/resultFile.pdf.1327017719.431381/result.odt" is wrong. URL seems to be an unsupported one.

note that the temporary url (i think that's what it is) is never generated -- at least i don't see the file. so might the program be generating the wrong path? or is this some other problem?

thanks

omar

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#1

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lecbee (b-bellec) said : 		#2

It looks like it's a common error, so here is how I fixed it.
It's probably that some packages are missing.

On Fedora at least, you have to install:
libreoffice-writer
libreoffice-headless
libreoffice-pyuno
libreoffice-core

So :
# yum install libreoffice-core libreoffice-pyuno libreoffice-headless libreoffice-writer

If your soffice server is still running when you install theses packages, you have to stop and restart it.

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Gaëtan Delannay (gaetan-delannay) said : 		#3

Hi there,
Indeed, when an exception is raised, the temporary file is deleted via a "try-finally" statement.

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Gaëtan Delannay (gaetan-delannay) said : 		#4

Answered by lecbee.

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