Package: writer2latex Version: 0.5-6 w2l fails with errors when java alternative is set to java-gcj.
If you change your java alternative to java-6-sun everything works fine. I tested it with several of my documents. However, In order to provide you with a test case the output bellow uses the sample openoffice document provided by the package writer2latex-manual. --- 1) When using java-gcj w2l sample-article.odt output.tex This is Writer2LaTeX, Version 0.5 (2007-10-15) Starting conversion... Converting sample-article.odt String index out of range: 0 java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: 0 at java.lang.String.charAt(libgcj.so.90) at java.io.File.getParent(libgcj.so.90) at java.io.File.mkdirs(libgcj.so.90) at java.io.File.mkdirs(libgcj.so.90) at writer2latex.Application.convertFile(Application.java:249) at writer2latex.Application.doConversion(Application.java:216) at writer2latex.Application.main(Application.java:112) 2) When using java-6-sun w2l sample-article.odt output.tex This is Writer2LaTeX, Version 0.5 (2007-10-15) Starting conversion... Converting sample-article.odt Done! --- Kernel: 2.6.22-3-686 Release: lenny (testing) dpkg -l *java* | grep ii ii java-common 0.27 ii java-gcj-compat 1.0.77-4 ii java-gcj-compat-headless 1.0.77-4 ii libbcel-java 5.2-3 ii libcommons-beanutils-java 1.8.0~beta-1 ii libcommons-collections-java 2.1.1-8 ii libcommons-collections3-java 3.2-1 ii libcommons-dbcp-java 1.2.2-1 ii libcommons-digester-java 1.8-1 ii libcommons-el-java 1.0-4 ii libcommons-launcher-java 1.1-3 ii libcommons-logging-java 1.1.1-1 ii libcommons-modeler-java 2.0.1-4 ii libcommons-pool-java 1.3-1 ii libhsqldb-java 1.8.0.9-2 ii libjaxp1.3-java 1.3.04-2 ii libjline-java 0.9.94-1 ii libjsch-java 0.1.37-2 ii liblog4j1.2-java 1.2.15-2 ii liblucene-java 1.4.3.dfsg-3 ii liblucene-java-doc 1.4.3.dfsg-3 ii libmx4j-java 3.0.2-1 ii libregexp-java 1.4-4 ii libservlet2.3-java 4.0-10 ii libservlet2.4-java 5.0.30-7 ii libswt3.2-gtk-java 3.2.1-6 ii libtomcat5.5-java 5.5.25-5 ii libwriter2latex-java 0.5-6 ii libxalan2-java 2.7.0-5 ii libxerces2-java 2.9.1-1 ii openoffice.org-java-common 1:2.3.1-5 ii sun-java6-bin 6-00-2 ii sun-java6-jdk 6-00-2 ii sun-java6-jre 6-00-2 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]