Libreoffice /proc not mounted

[dsvilko]

Is there any workaround? Libreoffice fails to start on ubuntu complaining that the /proc is not mounted. It is but I guess on Oreo some virtual files are not accessible.

[exalab999]

The start-ubuntu.sh in Termux mount Android local /proc in the distro, you can try to uncomment that line of code to see if it works.

[dsvilko]

It doesn't. The problem is not that the /proc filesystem is mounted but that it's not fully mounted. Has anyone got the libreoffice to run through proot on Oreo?

[dsvilko]

On my PC ubuntu 18.04, libreoffice accesses these files:
/proc/filesystems (not accessible)
/proc/self/exe (ok)
/proc/version (not accessible)
/proc/self/maps (exists?)
/proc/10670/exe
/proc/10669/exe
/proc
/proc/10669
/proc/self/status (ok)
/proc/modules (not accessible)
/proc/driver/nvidia/params
/proc/meminfo (ok)

[emidiomorgia]

It doesn't work for me too on Ubuntu.

[sujitvasanth]

Hi I had the same problem when trying to install open office on ubuntu mate running on an oreo based phone.
I switched to kali linux on Android 6.0 and works fine.
the problem is access permission on Android 8 and above.

[serovar]

Issue solvable either via setenforce 0 or running program under "tsu". Both variants require device to be rooted.

For me setting SELinux mode to Permissive via setenforce 0 on Termux (after gaining root permission, in a rooted device, through su) did the trick.

[DarthZedd]

Is there any other option except rooting the device?

[Zin-Uru]

I've found a way. You can edit file /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/oosplash with any HEX editor (bless for example). Just find text "/proc/version" (LibreOffice checks this file) and change to for example "/prod/version". Then you can create fake empty "/prod/version" file in the filesystem, then Office starts and works well (source code says /proc is very important but I can't find any issue, maybe because /proc partially accessible since it is "mounted" with proot to the guest system).
Not very fine method but now is the only one without root.

[frpe98]

Zin-Uru's solution worked awesome for me on Andronix Modded Ubuntu version. Thanks so much!

[yunuskasla]

Zin-Uru.. sir i have tried this method but it says something like permission denied please help sir here is screenshOt

[khenty]

Or just edit /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/oosplash with emacs, then create /prod/version. What a hack! Thanks, Zin-Uru.

[krmanik]

I have created a python script fix-libreoffice.py to automate this process for Arch base distro.

Copy and run in Arch based distro

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/infinyte7/manjaro-fs-arm64/main/scripts/fix-libreoffice.py && python fix-libreoffice.py

[freebrowser1]

Four years later... this patch works in Andronix on a non-rooted Android !