Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Do LO installers have Java Runtime?

On 09/12/2011 10:12 PM, NoOp wrote:
> On 09/12/2011 06:34 PM, David B Teague sr wrote:
> > On 9/12/2011 5:32 PM, Tom wrote:
> ...
> > > So, there is a huge amount i don't know about java.  If you can untick the
> > > java from your LibreOffice and have no troubles then that would be
> > > fantastic.
> > > Regards from
> > > Tom :)
> ...
> > Tom:
> >
> > Damn. I was under the impression that OpenJDK was a free implementation
> > by someone other than Oracle. I'll untick Java in LO and see what
> > happens. I'd like to be Java free. No make that Oracle free. I dislike
> > them far more than I dislike Java.
> >
> > I taught computer science from 1978 to 2004 and saw our department move
> > from Fortran to Pascal to C++ then take a huge step backward and go to
> > Java. I retired rather than learn Java. Lots of other good reasons to
> > retire too but that's the story I tell.
> David,
>
> Just install the current versions of java via java.com (Win32 and Win64:
> http://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp) on your system and be done with
> all of this. Note: you only need the 32bit version for LO, so you can
> skip the 64bit version if none of your 64bit applications need it.
>
> Afterwards open LO and select Tools|Options|LibreOffice|Java|tick 'Use a
> Java runtime environment' if it is not already ticked, and then select:
> Sun Microsystems, Inc. 1.60_27|OK. It's really that simple.
>
> Re: OpenJDK:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenJDK
> http://openjdk.java.net/faq/
>
> Regarding Java 1.7:
> http://java.com/en/download/faq/java7.xml
>
> Regarding Java + LO:
> <http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/system-requirements/>
> <quote>
> For certain features of the software - but not most - Java is required.
> Java is notably required for Base.
> </quote>
> Note: it's also required for several 'Wizards' (File|Wizards).
>
> Regarding versions other than the most recent standard versions (ala 21
> vs 26): do so *only* at your own risk. Earlier versions of java contain
> serious security risks&  those advocating that you use something else
> are... I'll not go on&  nuff said in other threads.

Well, Oracle may have OpenJDK on their site, but they did not have a 
Windows version.  I had to go to the following site to find a Windows 
and Mac installer that the openjdk.java.net did not have.

http://openscg.org/se/openjdk/index.jsp

Also, it was Java.NET, where you link was Java.COM.

So there is some issues with who's OpenJDK version you are going to use.

[quote from the WIKI page]
OpenJDK (aka Open Java Development Kit) is a free and open source 
implementation of the Java programming language.[2] It is the result of 
an effort Sun Microsystems began in 2006. The implementation is licensed 
under the GNU General Public License (GPL) with a linking exception, 
which exempts components of the Java class library from the GPL 
licensing terms.

OpenJDK will become the official Java SE 7 reference implementation.[3]
[unquote]

So it is open source, but it seems to be part of the Java system.  By 
the Way - When I downloaded the JRE for Windows, it was under Java SE 
not JRE.



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