[CentOS] Problem getting JavaRuntime Environment installedintoOpenOffice

Fri Mar 7 23:14:49 UTC 2008
Therese Trudeau <mswotr at hotmail.com>

>>>>  Sure I'll give that a try.  I thought I had the latest  
>>>> release, just downloaded it a few days ago - did they just 
>>>> come out with a new one?
>>>>  
>>>>  If I install the latest, does the script un-install the 
>>>> previous version I just installed?
>>>> 
>>>> I'm also wondering if I got the correct JRE?  I got the JRE from here:  
>>>> http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp
>>> 
>>> You can have multiple JREs installed, but since this one
>>> ain't working 100% may as well uninstall it manually
>>> with yum remove '*jre*'
>>> 
>>> If you aren't doing Java development or hosting a JSP
>>> server there is no real need to have the JDK either.
>> 
>> OK, I ran the un install (do not have JDK installed), un install apparently went fine, then I downloaded the jre-6u5-linux-x64-rpm.bin from http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp,
>> Followed these instructions:  http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/install/jre/install-linux.html#install
>> then installed it.  
>> 
>> Ran a ls -l /usr/java, below is output:
>> 
>> total 16
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   16 Mar  7 17:28 default -> /usr/java/latest
>> drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Mar  7 17:28 jre1.6.0_05
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 Mar  7 17:28 latest -> /usr/java/jre1.6.0_05
>> 
>> Ran java -version, output is:
>> 
>> java version "1.6.0_05"
>> Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_05-b13)
>> Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 10.0-b19, mixed mode)
>> 
>> Tried to find it in the OO Calc Tools>Options dialog box, only Free Software Foundation v 1.4.2
>> 
>> Maybe I'm not using Tools>Options correctly?  
> 
> I meant to say above - only Free Software Foundation v 1.4.2 shows up in dialog box, the new JRE is not showing.

Is there a specific Java filename I am supposed to be searching for and entering in to the OpenOffice CalcTools>Options dialoge box?
And or the file path?  Or is Tools>Options supposed to  automatically find the JRE and display it in the dialog box
for me to select or not select?


 
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