-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I had the exact same problem as John on SuSE 8.0, no Java Runtime Environment found by OOo, but no problem in SO5.2. I read your solution with eager anticipation, went to Yast2, and see that java2 is already installed on my system. Why then can't OOo find it? Berge, Harry ten wrote: | install the package java2. This is needed by OO. It is present within 7.3, | so YaST2 will do the job.... | | Regards Harry | | |>-----Original Message----- |>From: John Blue [SMTP:jblue@bestpond.com] |>Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 12:48 PM |>To: suse-linux-e@suse.com |>Subject: [SLE] Newbie problem Open Office & Java Suse V 7.3 |> |>I have been moving along slowly with Linux V 7.3, managing to get |>some things working on a PC dual boot system with NT4. I have Samba |>almost there ( a couple of questions will probably arise after some |>more reading). |> |>Can now access the net, via a PC with ADSL connection (NT4), and this |>works fine, so I decided to download Open Office V 1.0, (which I have |>been using under Windows). So I got the Linux file downloaded and |>started the installation. |> |>My initial problem is that the install process indicated "No Java |>Environment Found". I tried downloading a java runtime from the SuSE |>CD and re-booted, same error message. |> |>I had not installed Star Office 5.2, but decided to do that just to |>see if it would install. Yes I could install it, and it found the |>java environment. |> |>The installation I have is SuSE V 7.3 as per the CD's plus an online |>update of patches to the installation. The only "outside" software is |>Open Office. |> |>Can some kind user offer advice as to how I can troubleshoot this |>problem, or provide the basic steps to resolve this installation |>process. Please bear with me in that I am still learning basic Linux |>commands, and am still ploughing my way through How To's and man |>pages. (As an aside I am almost really ready to commit to V8.0 |>Professional). |> |>John |> |>John Blue, |>PO Box 542 |>Mawson ACT 2607 |>Australia |>email: jblue@bestpond.com |>Fax: +61 2 6291 1119 |> |>Thought for the day: |> Intuition (n): an uncanny sixth sense which tells people |> that they are right, whether they are or not. |> |> |> |>-- |>To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com |>For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com |> |>Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com | | - -- Key fingerprint = AEAC 149C 913C 59DF 6E29 ~ 91FC 0134 1268 021C 5B0B -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE85Q+uATQSaAIcWwsRAlZwAJ9fd6nQR87lgDmzFpR3HEma/K4qzACfbdgz aleYaMNmQmTFLP8uEtsB8Hc= =hLDl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----