In Etherpad when you click to export a Word .doc or .pdf file you get the error:
Error message: “Unsupported file type:.. Etherpad can only import txt, html, rtf, doc, and docx files.”
Cause: Openoffice is not running or Etherpad not properly configured.
Solution: Add the below to your Etherpad start up script before you start the Etherpad VM.
/usr/bin/soffice.bin -headless -nofirststartwizard -accept=”socket,host=localhost,port=8100;urp;StarOffice.Service &”
Check the following files exist in the instrastructure/lib folder:
activation.jar
cos.jar
dnsjava-2.0.6.jar
jetty-sslengine-6.1.20.jar
juh.jar
ridl.jar
tagsoup-1.2.jar
c3p0-0.9.1.2.jar
derby-10.5.1.1.jar java_uno.jar
jetty-util-6.1.20.jar
jurt.jar
mysql-connector-java-5.1.10.jar
sanselan-0.94aj.jar
unoil.jar
commons-lang-2.4.jar
derbytools.jar
jetty-6.1.20.jar
json.jar
mail.jar
rhino-js-1.7r1.jar
servlet-api-2.5-20081211.jar
yuicompressor-2.4-appjet.jar
You need to modify execution.scala and importexport.scala – See this document
Notes:
Check your etherpad.localdev-default.properties, you should have:
etherpad.soffice = /usr/bin/soffice
Also check during bin/rebuildjar.sh clearcache you don’t get any errors.
I recommend following this guide here if you haven’t yet..
This was resolved in a discussion found here (sorry it’s a lengthy discussion)