(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***) Package: kword Version: koffice-20010525.tar.bz2 (snap shot) (using KDE 2.1.1 ) Severity: normal Installed from: Mandrake RPMs Compiler: gcc-2.96 OS: Linux OS/Compiler notes: Linux Mandrake 8.0 I compiled a snap shot release of Koffice with no problems however anytime I try to start any of the applications I get the same error: # ./kword koffice (lib kofficecore): ERROR: Couldn't find the native MimeType in kword's desktop file. Check your installation ! # ./kspread koffice (lib kofficecore): ERROR: Couldn't find the native MimeType in kspread's desktop file. Check your installation ! (etc) ..... I uninstalled the RPMS I had which came with the Mandrake Distribution as well as tried installing the RPMS for the newest beta but I get the same messages no matter what package I install or source I compile (with the exception of the original RPM release that came with my distro) Any help is appreciated. Lonny Selinger Midrange Systems Administration EDS (Submitted via bugs.kde.org)
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On Tuesday 29 May 2001 11:58 Lonny Selinger wrote: > I reconfigured with prefix of the existing KDE installation and it works > like a charm .... thanks for the help~! Ah... you used a different prefix for KOffice ? That's indeed a no-no :) I said so on http://www.koffice.org/install-source.phtml BTW : Note: if you used <code>./configure --prefix</code> to install KOffice in a different location than the rest of KDE you'll need to add this to /etc/kderc : [Directories] prefixes=/the/prefix/I/used/for/koffice -- David FAURE david@mandrakesoft.com faure@kde.org http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~david/ http://www.konqueror.org/ KDE Making The Future of Computing Available Today
I'm getting this bug again. KOffice installed with same prefix as the rest of KDE I ran the script mentionned on this page, it tells me everything looks okay. There is no kword.desktop in ~/.kde/share/applnk The one in /usr/local/kde/share/applnk has a default mimetype listed. I have run kbuildsycoca with no improvement. Other KOffice apps (ex: kspread) work fine KWord runs fine as root. Any help appreciated.
Oh - and it is koffice-1.2.93