LibreOffice and Java

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ii  java-common    0.57ubuntu1  all          Base package for Java runtimes
ii  java-wrappers  0.1.28       all          wrappers for java executables
ii  javascript-com 11           all          Base support for JavaScript 
libra

Don't appear to have much java installed here currently - spelling 
didn't work, installed hunspell-en-gb - spelling works fine now.


On 11/09/16 16:50, Ian Bruntlett wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have been told that the reason why LibreOffice Writer is failing to do
> spelling checking is that because Java is not installed on my system
> (LibreOffice Writer 5.1.4.2 on Ubuntu 16.04.1, 64 bit).
>
> Did a bit of checking:-
>
> ian at turing:~$ java --version
> The program 'java' can be found in the following packages:
>   * default-jre
>   * gcj-5-jre-headless
>   * openjdk-8-jre-headless
>   * gcj-4.8-jre-headless
>   * gcj-4.9-jre-headless
>   * openjdk-9-jre-headless
> Try: sudo apt install <selected package>
> ian at turing:~$ which java
>
> All I need to know now is which Java package(s) I should install.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> TIA,
>
>
> Ian
>