Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 87450
Extension Manager default directory missing
Last modified: 2013-08-07 15:31:14 UTC
Reproduction: * First office start as normal user on Linux - Complete the first time wizard - From the backing window open the Extension Manager - Click "Add..." -> There is an errormessage stating that the workdirectory does not exist. This is true, as ~/.staroffice9/user/work has not been created Two possible solutions: 1) Make sure the directory exists 2) Use a default directory that exists for sure
Just a note on the work directory: Using ~/.staroffice9/user/work is probably not a good idea. As the directory is hidden from the user is extremely unlikely that an extension - which is about to be installed - is ever found there. Usually extensions are downloaded and - at least on Linux - end up either in the users home directory or in a dedicated "Downloads" directory. However, this is more a general problem of our application than of the extension manager. But we should consider using the users home directory directly. It is pretty much guaranteed that it exists (otherwise our installtion most likely fails completely). I'm going to look into this a little more thoroughly, maybe we should consider this for 3.1. Back to me.
Created attachment 52301 [details] Error message
To bh for evaluation
To grep the issues easier via "requirements" I put the issues currently lying on my owner to the owner "requirements".