Ubuntu + Libreoffice issue

[Tommy Trussell]

On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 11:01 AM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 20 March 2015 at 05:49, Tommy Trussell <tommy.trussell at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > The Java Runtime error is almost certainly a red herring because I got
> the
> > same error opening an empty document.
>
>
> You need a working JVM for LibreOffice. File import/export filters are
> one of the components written in Java, I believe.
>
> Install a JVM -- IcedTea 8 should be fine -- and reboot and try again.
>
>
hmmmmm... I don't know why it doesn't get installed. Fortunately I haven't
run into a situation where something java-dependent is broken in quite
awhile. I remember seeing errors with database links / mail merges (which I
don't do a whole lot).

The only reason I saw the error at all was because I launched lowriter from
a terminal.  Maybe Ubuntu tweaks their packages to reduce the need for Java?

OH and in 14.04 there doesn't seem to be IcedTea 8 -- the two offered are 6
and 7...
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