On Saturday 05 Mar 2005 1:24 am, Ankit Malik wrote:
OpenOffice is often touted as the completely free office suite [correct me if i am wrong].
But isn't OO based on JAVA? And Java is not free by FSF standards.
So what abt OO???
Java is not required for OO. Some features require Java. The following FAQ provides an asnwer. I dont want those features of OO till I find a freesoftware solution. Period. So I dont install JVM.
Nagarjuna
----------------------- Source: http://www.bytebot.net/openoffice/faq.html#Installation1
2.2. What is Java needed for? Java is required for some portions of the application to work properly - XSLT reliant materials, such as DocBook document creation is dependant on having a working Java Runtime Environment. To have a full-featured OpenOffice.org, the Java Runtime Environment should be installed before the OpenOffice.org package is installed; however, if it is installed afterwards, running jvmsetup will do the trick.
If you have downloaded the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and choose to upgrade to using the Software Development Kit (SDK), runing jvmsetup again to point to the "new" version of Java is what you need to do.
It has been known that some versions of Java do not necessarily work with Linux, especially some from the Blackdown archives (for Debian users). It is probably wise to keep up with what Sun distributes, and get it from the Sun website. A full list of missing features include:
* usage of JDBC drivers * XSLT and small device filters * usage of Java applets within OpenOffice.org * lack of Java based languages in the scripting framework * the database report wizard * the flat file filter * all of the Java related test-tools and qaTestDev (for QA work) * accessibility features