On Saturday 15 June 2002 16:57, Kevin Donnelly wrote:
A post by Jonathan Wilson on 3 May touched on this, and just in time for my test install of SO6 yesterday. OO/SO will not recognise 1.1.8 at all, and Chris' points below both explain that, and provide a clever way of dealing with it.
For those like my namesake, though, who just want OO/SO to work with Java2, the short reason for why it won't see it is that the symlink java in /usr/lib is pointing to 1.1.8. Before or during the install, therefore, open a terminal, and enter the following: su (+password) cd /usr/lib mv java java1 ln -s SunJava2-1.3.1 java exit
OO/SO should now see Java2, and you can continue with the install.
Actually, I tried to write back and say thanks to Togan because I had finally, correctly read what he was telling me, and it worked. On the first attempt, I had several xterms open and, until it was said explicitly, I didn't understand that the "source..." command was effective only within the terminal in which it was issued. I didn't twig to the fact that it was a bash subcommand and would not have effect outside the single instance of the shell. So, once the dummy acquired enough clues to follow directions as they were written, everything worked. However, my posts since Thursday have been hitting the [SLE] bit-bucket, with no warnings or error messages. OO is now in, including Java support. I may never know why I wanted Java support... but if I'd failed to include it, I would have found myself needing it urgently within days. So, thanks again. The advice and patience on this list is appreciated, even if I do get cranky when I break things (an hourly occurrence... :-) /kevin (evaluating OpenOffice1.0 in Ottawa)