Re: New OpenOffice-3.05 on experimental
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David Baron wrote:
> I have Sun Java1.6-se on my machine using Sun's installer.
> I have the previous OpenOffice 3 version running just fine.
>
> The latest-and-greatest now wants to install a Debian sunjava version. I
> certainly do not need both of them and other applications that are using the
> existing libraries may not even start if I blindly replace it.
>
> I think this installation should check for preexisting Java and at least allow
> me the choice, huh?
You do have the choice: Either use java and OOo from debian or use java
and/or OOo from external sources. If you insist that OOo should use
'your' version of java instead of the debian default, you could just
install and configure upstream's OOo yourself. (I have no clue how much
work this would be, because I've never done it myself).
The advantage of debian's packaging system is that I don't have to
install any packages myself. I just tell aptitude to do the installation
for me. I don't have to think about dependencies and about
tuning/configuring applications to work correctly with all dependencies.
If you install third party software YOU have to do these configurations
yourself. You can't expect that a debian package or the installation
scripts could possibly check for all custom configurations and
modifications that users might have done to their system.
This is free and open software. You are free to change your system as
much as you like. However, you should not expect any one else to be able
to track and take care of all your changes, because the available
customization space has close to infinite dimensions.
Back on topic, it should be possible to have different versions of java
installed in parallel.
[One of Ooo's maintainer has already given some more advice in his reply.]
Cheers,
Johannes
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