Re: Java Runtime Environment?

[Andrew Pimlott <pimlott abel MATH HARVARD EDU>]

On Fri, 8 Oct 1999, Liguo Song wrote:

> > Now, I have a question, too. Why is it that StarOffice always reports
> > that my Linux installation lacks a JRE even though there are several
> > JREs installed on my system? Have anyone been able to install SO5.1 with
> > Java support?
> 
> Yes, I did. I failed to get SO5.1 to recognized my JDK1.2 first time. The
> second time, reinstalled Linux again, I installed JDK1.1.7v3 and JDK1.2.
> SO5.1 recognized all of them.

The staroffice readme claims that certain versions of the JDK have bugs 
that prevent it from working.  It seems the installer is picky about 
which versions it will accept.  I had a similar problem getting the 
installer to see my jdk until I installed another version.  I believe it 
was a native threads vs. green threads issue.  I don't remember which was 
the right one because I have both installed now.

Anyway, read the readme carefully and see if you have the jdk version that
staroffice wants. 

Andrew