[TriLUG] openoffice and java

[Bill Vinson]

Well, I can't certify that this will work :)

I haven't used Star/Open Office in a long time, so I could be wrong ;)

Let's see what the experts say...

Bill

On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, rpjday wrote:

> On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Bill Vinson wrote:
> 
> > I believe it expects to find the java executables in your path.  Can you
> > type 'java' and actually have it execute?  If not, I would suggest
> > adding the /usr/java/bin/whatever to your path and trying the installer
> > again.
> >
> > Bill
> 
> i haven't had a chance to try this yet, but i'd be awfully annoyed if
> it solved the problem, for a couple of reasons.
> 
> first, the fact that i want to run open office (which apparently wants
> a JRE) in no way implies that i, as a user, would ever theoretically
> want to run java directly.  so requiring that it be in my search
> path would be asking me to make available to execute a program that
> i never plan on running.
> 
> and second, during the OO installation, the very dialog that complains
> that there is no JRE also gives you a browse window, which clearly
> seems to suggest you can tell OO where to find the JRE.  which, of
> course, fails miserably even when you take OO to the JRE directory
> and rub its little nose in it.
> 
> i just posted to the OO discussion list, so we'll see if i'm just
> forgetting something obvious.
> 
> rday
> 
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