pyODconverter problemsn OS X 10.6.5 with LibreOffice 3.3rc1 (JODConverter works OK)

[emendelson]

I have the pyODconverter working perfectly under Windows XP with
LibreOffice 3.3rc1. I'm very grateful for this superb tool.

Unfortunately, I can't make it work under OS X 10.6.5 with the same
version of LibreOffice.

First I start LibreOffice with this command:

/Applications/LibreOffice.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice -
accept="socket,host=localhost,port=8100;urp;" -headless -
nofirststartwizard

The LibreOffice icon appears in the dock.

I then run this command in the same terminal where I launched soffice:

~/Desktop/DocumentConverter.py ~/Desktop/Test.doc ~/Desktop/Test.pdf

And this is the resulting output:

-----------
/Users/edward/Desktop/DocumentConverter.py: line 11:
DEFAULT_OPENOFFICE_PORT: command not found
/Users/edward/Desktop/DocumentConverter.py: line 13: import: command
not found
from: can't read /var/mail/os.path
from: can't read /var/mail/com.sun.star.beans
from: can't read /var/mail/com.sun.star.task
from: can't read /var/mail/com.sun.star.connection
/Users/edward/Desktop/DocumentConverter.py: line 19: FAMILY_TEXT:
command not found
/Users/edward/Desktop/DocumentConverter.py: line 20: FAMILY_WEB:
command not found
/Users/edward/Desktop/DocumentConverter.py: line 21:
FAMILY_SPREADSHEET: command not found
/Users/edward/Desktop/DocumentConverter.py: line 22:
FAMILY_PRESENTATION: command not found
/Users/edward/Desktop/DocumentConverter.py: line 23: FAMILY_DRAWING:
command not found
/Users/edward/Desktop/DocumentConverter.py: line 32:
IMPORT_FILTER_MAP: command not found
/Users/edward/Desktop/DocumentConverter.py: line 33: txt:: command not
found
/Users/edward/Desktop/DocumentConverter.py: line 34: FilterName::
command not found
/Users/edward/Desktop/DocumentConverter.py: line 35: FilterOptions::
command not found
/Users/edward/Desktop/DocumentConverter.py: line 36: },: command not
found
/Users/edward/Desktop/DocumentConverter.py: line 37: csv:: command not
found
/Users/edward/Desktop/DocumentConverter.py: line 38: FilterName::
command not found
/Users/edward/Desktop/DocumentConverter.py: line 39: FilterOptions::
command not found
/Users/edward/Desktop/DocumentConverter.py: line 40: syntax error near
unexpected token `}'
/Users/edward/Desktop/DocumentConverter.py: line 40: ` }'
----------------

I did make DocumentConverter.py executable; the Python version on this
OS X system is 2.6.1.

JODConverter works correctly, and I understand that I can use
JODConverter instead, but I would like to follow the author's advice
and use the simpler version, because I only need this as a command-
line tool.

Am I misunderstanding something simple and obvious?

Thanks for any help.

[Brian Fenton]

Hi

you need to call the Python script using the version of the Python exe that comes with OpenOffice e.g.
/opt/openoffice.org3/program/python ./DocumentConverter.py ./Test.doc ./Test.pdf

hope this helps
Brian

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[emendelson]

Hi Brian,

Thank you for that. Unfortunately, LibreOffice for OS X doesn't
include a separate Python executable anywhere. It apparently relies
entirely on the native OS X Python.

I suppose it would make sense to try to add the appropriate OS X
executable version of Python but I'm not clear about which version is
required.

Any insight into this problem would be gratefully received.

Thank you!

[Brian Fenton]

Hi

unfortunately I don't use OS X so I can't help. :-(  However, I note you're using LibreOffice - have you tried the OpenOffice version for OS X? http://download.openoffice.org/other.html Maybe that will work for you, I don't know how different the 2 projects are.

hope this helps
Brian

[emendelson]

Hi again,

Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, OpenOffice.org produces
exactly the same problem. I'll pursue another possibility on a
different thread...

Thanks again.

[iwtppwko]

Hey, what was the result from this emendelson? 

[Bill Janssen]

Pretty clearly, you were executing that Python script with /bin/sh instead of Python.  Don't do that!

Bill

[iwtppwko]

The problem is that not openoffice of libroffice have python included on the mac-build.

When trying the native python you get the message its the wrong python you're using.

I got stuck here also at the same point.

Laurens