OpenOffice - Java problems

[Dave Horsfall]

I'm trying to compile OpenOffice 1.1 for FreeBSD 4.10 (may as well 
exercise the lap-top).  After grabbing all the Linuxy bits for Java JDK14, 
I now find it wants a Solaris library under /compat/svr4/lib (libc.so.2 or 
similar), and this is found only on a Solaris/86 CD, which of course not 
being a licensee I don't have.

So, I give up and install the package instead, but the installation 
window says it can't find a Java Runtime Environment, and would I like to 
run without one?  Sure, I metaphorically say, only to have it say that 
some functionality will be lost - OK? - and drops me back to the choice 
box again.  Catch-22.

I have got an earlier version to install (from the package), but I have no 
idea how it handled the Java stuff, so has anyone managed to 
compile/install OpenOffice on FreeBSD 4.10 (no updates)?

[No need to Cc me; I'm on the list]

-- Dave