[TriLUG] openoffice and java

[Bill Vinson]

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

On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, rpjday at mindspring.com wrote:

>   i'm hoping someone here has messed enough with open office to
> give me some advice.
> 
>   i downloaded open office for the first time, and tried to install
> it, but open office is adamant that it needs a java runtime
> environment.  fair enough, i wander over to sun.com and get the
> latest (admittedly, beta) JRE for linux, bring back the rpm and
> install it, at which point it happily plants itself in /usr/java.
> so far, so good.
> 
>   go back to open office and ... nothing.  the install continues
> to insist that there is no JRE on the machine that it can see, even
> when i use the browse dialog and rub its nose in the /usr/java
> directory.
> 
>   any hints?  
> 
> rday
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