openoffice and java

Robert Huff roberthuff at rcn.com
Thu Apr 3 23:46:10 UTC 2008


David Booth writes:

>  the easy out is to install a jdk-15 before building openoffice as it 
>  is required for the build.  The java/diablo-jdk15 port is probably 
>  the quickest to install.

	Worth noting:
	1) Java is required for building, but not for running.  Once
OpenOffice is done, you can delete the Java port.
	2) It is possible to build OpenOffice without Java.  However,
you will lose certain functionality; for more information see
previous posts on this list.


				Robert Huff



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