[ubuntu-uk] JRE in Open Office

[Dianne Reuby]

I've tried that, problem is it doesn't "stick" - when I close the
Options, and reload, I still get the message, and the options shows JRE
as unselected again.

Dianne


On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 21:59 +0100, David Jones wrote:
> 
>         I had the same error message today after upgrading.
>         
>         To solve it, from within OpenOffice Writer (Possibly the others
>         as well), I went to Tools -> Options -> Java
>                 
>         After a few seconds, a screen with Sun Microsystems Inc.1.6.0_06
>         and
>         Sun Microsystems Inc 1.6.0 with accessibility comes up.
>                 
>         I ticked the box for version 1.6.0_06, restarted OpenOffice
>         Writer and the error message went away.
>                 
>         Hope that helps
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 21:35 +0100, Dianne Reuby wrote:
> > Updated to Hardy yesterday. I'm getting JRE errors in Open Office, 
> > 
> > "OpenOffice.org requires a Java runtime enviornment (JRE) to perform the
> > task. The selected JRE is defective. Please select another version" 
> > 
> > I already have openoffice.org-java-common installed, version 1:2.4 in
> > usr/lib/openoffice (which is the solution given in the forums).
> > 
> > OO options shows Sun Java 1.6.0_06 , in usr/lib/jvm
> > 
> > So which should I be using? I remember when I first switched to Ubuntu,
> > I was using Dapper, and had to uninstall the Ubuntu JRE and install the
> > Sun JRE. Do I need to do this again?
> > 
> > One day I'll understand it all ....
> > 
> > TIA
> > Dianne
> > 
> > 
> 
>