CentOS - Mar 2008 - Problem getting Java Runtime Environment installed into OpenOffice

Hi,

I'm having trouble getting my new install of OpenOffice 2.31 to find my
newly installed Java Runtime Environment version jre1.6.0_04 (downloaded from
Sun).  I tried installing it via Tools>Options>Java (am using OpenOffice
Calc to try to set it up).  The options  dialog box is finding the Free Software
Foundation version 1.4.2, but it won't find the new JRE file.

I tried clicking on Add and tried just about every directory I could think of
and it's just not finding the JRE.  I believe after doing a search, that the
newly installed JRE is located in the /usr/java/jre1.6.0_04 directory, and went
to that dir in the options dialog box in Calc, and tried every dir and sub dir
in that main dir, and Calc is still is not seeing it.

Can anyone please give me an idea as to how to find JRE and get it plugged in to
OpenOffice?
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Therese Trudeau wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm having trouble getting my new install of OpenOffice 2.31 
> to find my newly installed Java Runtime Environment version 
> jre1.6.0_04 (downloaded from Sun).  I tried installing it via 
> Tools>Options>Java (am using OpenOffice Calc to try to set it 
> up).  The options  dialog box is finding the Free Software 
> Foundation version 1.4.2, but it won't find the new JRE file.
> 
> I tried clicking on Add and tried just about every directory 
> I could think of and it's just not finding the JRE.  I 
> believe after doing a search, that the newly installed JRE is 
> located in the /usr/java/jre1.6.0_04 directory, and went to 
> that dir in the options dialog box in Calc, and tried every 
> dir and sub dir in that main dir, and Calc is still is not seeing it.
> 
> Can anyone please give me an idea as to how to find JRE and 
> get it plugged in to OpenOffice?
Look at the thread from today about Firefox and Java plugin.

In particular the posts concerning the use of 'alternatives'

-Ross

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> Look at the thread from today about Firefox and Java plugin.
> 
> In particular the posts concerning the use of 'alternatives'
Hi, Thanks Ross,

OK I ran your commands:

# Remove Sun added links
rm -f /usr/bin/javaws
rm -f /usr/bin/jcontrol

# Add Sun Java to alternatives
alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/java/default/bin/java 1000
--slave /usr/lib/jvm/jre jre /usr/java/default --slave /usr/bin/javaws javaws
/usr/java/default/bin/javaws --slave /usr/bin/jcontrol jcontrol
/usr/java/default/bin/jcontrol --slave /usr/bin/rmiregistry rmiregistry
/usr/java/default/bin/rmiregistry

# Set Sun Java as the preferred Java environment
alternatives --set java /usr/java/default/bin/java

And then I rebooted, started up OpenOffice Calc again, and i'm still not
finding the new JRE.  And the Free Software Foundation is still showing,
don't know if that matters though.

Were your commands intended to get OpenOffice to automatically have the JRE show
up in the dialog box?  Or do I still need to hunt for it somewhere?

[root at localhost bin]# /usr/sbin/alternatives --display java
java - status is manual.
 link currently points to /usr/java/default/bin/java
/usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.4.2-gcj/bin/java - priority 1420
 slave javaws: (null)
 slave jcontrol: (null)
 slave keytool: /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.4.2-gcj/bin/keytool
 slave rmiregistry: /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.4.2-gcj/bin/rmiregistry
 slave jre_exports: /usr/lib/jvm-exports/jre-1.4.2-gcj
 slave jre: /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.4.2-gcj
/usr/java/default/bin/java - priority 1000
 slave javaws: /usr/java/default/bin/javaws
 slave jcontrol: /usr/java/default/bin/jcontrol
 slave keytool: (null)
 slave rmiregistry: /usr/java/default/bin/rmiregistry
 slave jre_exports: (null)
 slave jre: /usr/java/default
Current `best' version is /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.4.2-gcj/bin/java.
[root at localhost bin]#






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