Re: JRE required - OpenOffice 2 (beta)

[Jim Cornette <fc-cornette@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thomas Cameron wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Cornette" 
> <fc-cornette@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 9:00 PM
> Subject: JRE required - OpenOffice 2 (beta)
>
>
> > I installed openoffice rpms from the openoffic.org site. The rpms
> > contain a program called base. This program requires JRE.
> >
> > Anyway, I'd like to experiment with this program. I have not ever
> > installed Java on my linux computer before.
> >
> > What runtime package is needed and how would you compile and install it
> > to work with OpenOffice.org? I tried to compile a nosrc package and did
> > not have much success with my attempts.
> > (java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.01-1jpp.nosrc.rpm). Is this the correct package
> > required?
> >
> > Any leads appreciated.
> >
> > Jim
>
>
> http://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp
>
> Get the Linux RPM (self-extracting file) and run it (sh 
> jre-1_5_0_01-linux-i586-rpm.bin).  You'll have to deal with the license 
> agreement claptrap and then you'll end up with a Java RPM called 
> jre-1_5_0_01-linux-i586.rpm
>
> rpm -ivh that package and you're done.  No need to compile anything.
>
> Thomas

Thanks! The package installed slowly, but successfully. Now to figure 
out how to get Openoffice 2 to use this JRE.

Jim