On 11/3/05, Charles Curley <charlescurley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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... -- Tarjei
