On Tue, 2006-04-18 at 22:33 +0100, David Beaumont wrote: > I am using version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : > > When attempting to add an existing JRE into OpenOffice, a misleading error > message can be returned. > > I installed OO and attempted to add my existing JRE into it. > > My JRE is located in '/usr/local/lib/java/jdk/jre' > > I browsed to that directory in the [Add...] dialog in > [Tools]->[Options...]->OpenOffice.org/Java and clicked [Select]. > > OpenOffice then put up a dialog saying: > > "The folder you selected does not contain a Java runtime environment". > > I tried repeatedly with different directories, but nothing was working. > > Eventually I 'straced' OpenOffice and determined that rather than being a > missing file in my directory, it was the fact that a Java class called > JREProperties was missing from my OpenOffice installation. > > The reason it was missing was that I installed my version of OpenOffice via > the debian packages and did not spot the openoffice.org-java-common package > was not installed as part of the process. > > However, it would have been nice if rather than suggest that my JRE was > missing, OpenOffice would do a check for "JREProperties.class" (and possibly > other Java related components) before allowing the "Use a Java runtime > environment" checkbox to be ticked. > > If it had put up a warning that my installation did not contain all the > required components to allow Java to be used, I would have gone looking for > missing packages immediately rather than trying to debug my Java installation > (which is fine). >
Since you chose to use the Debian release, please file a bug with debian support. This is not a problem with OOo but rather a problem with the brokedness of what debian has done so as to avoid Java. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
