There's a missing library: ldd /usr/lib/openoffice/program/python.bin shows: libpython2.3.so.1.0 => not found I don't know, if this causes any problems. There is a libpython2.3.so.1.0 in /usr/lib/openoffice/program/, but this directory is not part of LDPATH. If you add it to LDPATH, many programs link to wrong libraries. Does openoffice require python 2.3? A temporary fix: ln -s /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libpython2.3.so.1.0 /usr/lib Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. install app-office/openoffice-bin-2.3.0 2. ldd /usr/lib/openoffice/program/python.bin Actual Results: linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000) libpython2.3.so.1.0 => not found libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x42cc1000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x42cbb000) libutil.so.1 => /lib/libutil.so.1 (0x43b56000) libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.2.2/libstdc++.so.6 (0x4398f000) libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x42c95000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.2.2/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x43ac5000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x42b64000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x42135000) Expected Results: something like this: linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000) libpython2.3.so.1.0 => /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.1.0 (0x4b27c000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x42cc1000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x42cbb000) libutil.so.1 => /lib/libutil.so.1 (0x43b56000) libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.2.2/libstdc++.so.6 (0x4398f000) libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x42c95000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.2.2/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x43ac5000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x42b64000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x42135000) emerge --info: Portage 2.1.3.16 (default-linux/x86/2007.0/desktop, gcc-4.2.2, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.22-gentoo-r8 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.22-gentoo-r8 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2600+ Timestamp of tree: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:50:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 3.2_p17 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.33-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r6 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.9-r2 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.16 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.24 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.22-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--with-bdeps y" FEATURES="distlocks metadata-transfer parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/gentoo" LANG="de_DE.utf8" LC_ALL="de_DE.utf8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" LINGUAS="de en" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/portage/local/layman/sunrise /usr/portage/local/layman/berkano /usr/portage/local/bevan" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X a52 aac acl acpi alsa avahi avi bash-completion beagle berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2 cairo cdr cli cracklib crypt cups d dbus dga directfb divx dri dvd dvdr dvdread eds emboss encode evo fam ffmpeg firefox flac fortran ftp gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal iconv ieee1394 ipv6 isdnlog java javascript jpeg kerberos lame ldap mad midi mikmod mmx mp3 mpeg msn mudflap mysql mysqli ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ogg openal opengl openmp pam pcre pdf perl png pppd python quicktime readline real reflection samba sdl session spell spl sse ssl svg tcpd tetex tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb v4l vcd vorbis wifi win32codecs wma wmf x264 x86 xml xorg xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="de en" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
That's normal. All the OO executables are wrapped by shell scripts which set up various env variables, including LD_LIBRARY_PATH. When python.bin is actually running, it sees the library just fine.
Thanks for the answer. I think I can close the bug.
