On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Gene Heskett<[email protected]> wrote: > On Sunday 06 September 2009, Peng Yu wrote: >>On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 8:43 PM, Gene Heskett<[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Sunday 06 September 2009, Peng Yu wrote: >>>>On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 8:20 PM, Gene Heskett<[email protected]> > wrote: >>>>> On Sunday 06 September 2009, Peng Yu wrote: >>>>>>Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>>I am trying to install open office from source >>>>>> (OOo_3.1.0_src_core.tar.bz2) >>>>>> >>>>>>But 'configure' gives me the following error. >>>>>> >>>>>>checking whether to build with Java support... yes >>>>>>checking for java... no >>>>>>checking the installed JDK... configure: error: JAVA not found. You >>>>>>need at least jdk-1.5, or gcj-4 >>>>>> >>>>>>However, I have gcj installed. >>>>>>$ gcj --version >>>>>>gcj (GCC) 4.3.4 >>>>>>Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. >>>>>>This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is >>>>>> NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR >>>>>> PURPOSE. >>>>>> >>>>>>Can somebody let me know how to fix the problem? >>>>>> >>>>>>Regards, >>>>>>Peng >>>>> >>>>> Probably you need to install the -devel versions, Peng, the headers are >>>>> likely missing. >>>> >>>>You mean the -devel version of openoffice, or the -devel version of GCC? >>> >>> Likely gcj-devel for starters, but I have a feeling that this may be the >>> first of many errors of this general type. That gcj error was probably >>> just the first show stopper. When you install that one, so it gets past >>> the gcj check, there are many more checks that may fall over in a similar >>> manner. :( >>> >>> You didn't state your distribution, or I missed it. Some distro's >>> (*buntu's) have a build-essentials package that pulls in all that stuff. >> >>Here is my OS info >> >>$ cat /etc/redhat-release >>CentOS release 5 (Final) >>$ uname -a >>Linux selenium.cluster 2.6.18-53.1.13.el5 #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 13:02:30 >>EST 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux >>$ dmesg | grep gcc >>Linux version 2.6.18-53.1.13.el5 ([email protected]) (gcc >>version 4.1.2 20070626 (Red Hat 4.1.2-14)) #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 13:02:30 >>EST 2008 >> > In a shell, do "yum install yumex" > (it may be installed already, in which case yum will say so. > > When that is done, then run yumex and it will default to showing you the > updates. You are many months out of date. Then use yumex to install the - > devel stuff you need before you let it quit.. > >>I compile GCC 4.3.4 from the source code. > > I did that once, it was a bear with 4 sore paws. > > I'm puzzled that you want to build OOo from srcs. The ready to run package > is available at www.openoffice.org, why not use it?
I don't have the root permission in my machine. So I cannot update the packages in my machine. So I have to compile the code from scratch, right? Regards, Peng --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
