Libreoffice --headless refuses to convert unless root, won't work from PHP script
libreoffice, linux, php
Solution
I finally found an answer to this... Add:
export HOME=/tmp &&
to the beginning, so:
export HOME=/tmp && libreoffice --headless --convert-to pdf:writer_pdf_Export /my/path/foo.ppt --outdir /my/path
That worked for me on CentOS 6.5, and as shell_exec() in PHP.
Problem
Running headless Ubuntu server 12.something. root@server: `chown www-data /my/path/ -R` root@server: `chgrp www-data /my/path/ -R` root@server: `chmod 755 /my/path/ -R` root@server: `libreoffice --headless --convert-to pdf:writer_pdf_Export /my/path/foo.ppt --outdir /my/path` ``` convert /my/path/foo.ppt -> /my/path/foo.pdf ``` Works like a charm. root@server: `sudo -i -u www-data` $`libreoffice --headless --convert-to pdf:writer_pdf_Export /my/path/foo.ppt --outdir /my/path` ``` convert /my/path/foo.ppt -> /my/path/foo.pdf Error: Please reverify input parameters... ``` Damn. root@server: `sudo -i -u someotheruser` $`libreoffice --headless --convert-to pdf:writer_pdf_Export /my/path/foo.ppt --outdir /my/path` ``` convert /my/path/foo.ppt -> /my/path/foo.pdf Error: Please reverify input parameters... ``` Damn. Anyone have any idea? Trying to research this just confused me more. Is this probably a bug or some dependency quirk?