Re: Java for OpenOffice Setup

[Jacqueline McNally <jacqueline@decisions-and-designs.com.au>]

At 12:42 PM 01/02/2003, Chandra wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I apt-get installed the OpenOffice.org suite with no incident on my 
> Debian/KDE Linux box.
>
> Then, when I tried to setup OpenOffice, it complained that Java was absent 
> (I think the JRE).  What Java packages should I install to get around 
> this, and where can I apt-get them from?\

Your previous success may be related to another application requiring JRE, 
therefore it was already installed. For example, some browsers require the JRE.

I don't think the JRE fits the debian free software guidelines, so you are 
unlikely to be able to apt-get from the usual debian places.

I think you need at lease JRE 1.3. You can get JRE for Linux from: 
http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/mirrors.html

All the best
Jacqueline McNally
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