On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 07:50:26 -0700
"Richard C. Steffens" <[email protected]> dijo:

>On 03/14/2013 06:52 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
>> On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:26:08 -0700
>> "Richard C. Steffens" <[email protected]> dijo:
>>
>>> files crashed. LibreOffice is a Java program, and I have a crash
>>> report related to that crash.
>> LibreOffice was written in Java? I think a few of the functions
>> require Java, but I don't think the whole program was written in
>> Java.
>
>That's what I used to think, but I see you are correct. 
>http://www.libreoffice.org/download/system-requirements/ says:
>
>"For certain features of the software - but not most - Java is
>required. Java is notably required for Base."
>
>So, I must have something in there using Java since there is much 
>reference to it in the crash report.

It sounds as though you might have a problem with the version of Java
that LibreOffice is using. There are lots of versions and brands of
Java. I have a program that requires Sun Java 5.0 and won't run with any
other. You can install multiple Javas on your computer. If you do there
is a command line utility (forget what it's called) that you can use to
see what Javas are installed and to set one of them as the default for
the computer. In LibreOffice you can go into Preferences > Java and it
will show you what Javas are installed on your computer, and which one
LibreOffice is set to use. You can change which one LibreOffice uses,
which might be worth a shot. LibreOffice also comes with a version of
Java (forget which one), but maybe it didn't get installed. 

And yes, Base definitely requires Java, but so do a lot of Add-Ons,
Plug-Ins and Extensions. I once had problems with my OpenOffice and
finally tracked it down to the Extension Manager. An extension had been
installed twice with the sources from different folders.

And speaking of that reminds me that a standard troubleshooting trick
is to rename the ~/.LibreOffice folder. This folder is where
LibreOffice stores your preferences and installed add-ons. LibreOffice
will recreate a brand new default ~/.LibreOffice folder as soon as it
is launched, so if the problem is in an add-on this is a good way to
clean up the problem. When I had a problem with the Extensions manager
I did this, then copied subfolders from my original ~/.LibreOffice
folder in order to restore my personal dictionary, Autocorrect lists
and templates, and my toolbars and other settings.
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