On Sunday 03 September 2006 21:39, Duncan wrote:
> Peter Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted
> >
> > What am I doing wrong?
>
> nsplugin refers to the mozilla/netscape browser plugin, and you aren't
> using it for that so it shouldn't matter.
>
> I don't use OO.o as I don't need it, and don't have a Java installed as
> none of the options Gentoo provides for that are freedomware and I don't
> need it enough to bother researching it further.  However, from what I've
> read about it, you've done everything right in general but for one thing
> related specifically to OO.o on amd64.
>
> Because the OO.o build is 32-bit binary, it apparently looks for a 32-bit
> Java version, and doesn't see the 64-bit version.  I've seen the solution
> posted here in the past but don't recall exactly what it was.  I'm
> guessing it either involved a symlink placed appropriately so OO.o could
> find and use the 64-bit version, or installation of a 32-bit version.
>

You're right, the only thing is that openoffice uses the library interface of 
java. As such you need a 32bit for the 32bit openoffice. (2.0.4 is supposed 
to compile in 64 bits). A 32bit jdk could be installed manually, by use of a 
modified ebuild, or by using a binary package.

Paul

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