Eric Speas, there are no new official OpenOffice.org releases in Ubuntu, as we have transitioned to LibreOffice. => Won't Fix
You are welcome to test for this problem in LibreOffice. If reproducible, please click the button: Also affects distribution Distribution: Ubuntu Source Package Name: (Optional) libreoffice For more on installing LibreOffice please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LibreOffice . Thank you for your understanding. Helpful bug reporting tips: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 222803 Java broken in openoffice hardy upgrades ** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to openoffice.org in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/220722 Title: [hardy] OOo Base will not connect to MySQL using JDBC Status in openoffice.org package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Binary package hint: openoffice.org I recently had to reinstall Ubuntu, but before I did so, I backed up my MySQL databases. When I did the reinstall, I decided to upgrade from 7.10 (Gutsy) to 8.04 (Hardy). I reinstalled MySQL, OpenOffice Base, libmysql-java and the Java JRE, but when I try to set up OOo to connect to my MySQL database using JDBC, I get the following error message: OpenOffice.org requires a Java runtime environment (JRE) to perform this task. The selected JRE is defective. Please select another version or install a new JRE and select it under Tools - Options - OpenOffice.org - Java. I did that and have two JREs to choose from: Sun Microsystems Inc. 1.5.0_15 (location: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.15/jre) and Sun Microsystems Inc. 1.6.0._05 (location:/usr/local/bin/jre1.6.0_05). The first one is from the Ubuntu repository and the second is a local install from Sun's website. I have tried selecting first one, than the other, each time going through the Database Wizard and coming up with the same error message each time. Also, I tried to select one JRE, closed the dialog box, reopened Tools - Option - OpenOffice.org - Java without closing and no JRE was selected. This is really getting highly annoying since I am using OOo Base as my front end for data entry to my MySQL database for work. If I can't connect to the database, I can't enter data and that leaves me in a major bind. I have the following installed: libmysql-java version: 5.1.5+dfsg-2 sun-java-bin version 1.5.0-15-0ubuntu1 sun-java-jre version 1.5.0-15-0ubuntu1 openoffice.org-Base version 1:2.4.0-3ubuntu5 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/220722/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
