OOo 2.0 and Sun Java 1.5?

[Tarjei Knapstad]

On 11/3/05, Charles Curley <charlescurley at charlescurley.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 02:19:55PM +0100, Tarjei Knapstad wrote:
> > I'm trying to get OOo to recognize and use Sun's JRE on FC4 but I
> > can't quite figure out how. I've built and installed JDK 1.5.0 RPMS
> > using the SRPM from JPackage.org. When I open the Java options dialog
> > in the OOo settings it recognizes the FSF 1.4.2 JRE, but if I try to
> > "Add.." another JRE I just can't figure out what OOo wants to see.
> > What directory/files is it looking for?
> >
> > Also I'm a bit surprised that OOo doesn't find the Sun JRE in /usr in
> > the first place. /usr/bin/java symlinks to /etc/alternatives/java
> > which again is a symlink to /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.5.0-sun/bin/java (I've
> > tried adding /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.5.0-sun/bin/ in OOo without success).
> >
> > Any pointers appreciated!
>
> To which OOo 2.0 are you referring, the one from the Fedora updates
> repository, or the one from OOo's web site?
>
> I have not tried what you describe with the Fedora version of OOo. I
> have tried gettng the OOo version to recognize the jpackage JRE on
> FC4, with no sucess.
>

Yes, the latest from Fedora Updates (2.0.0-3.2.1).

Sounds like it might be an OOo problem then, I find it pretty annoying
that the OOo documentation doesn't specify what you're supposed to
point to when adding a JRE...

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Tarjei