I have blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.0,1blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.02, blackdown-jre-1.4.2.01, and blackdown-jre-1.4.2.02 all installed in /opt, but SO8 doesn't see any of them. I've pointed the dialogue box to nearly every sub-folder, as well as /opt, but it still doesn't see them. I also tried to use the JRE included with SO8, but it wouldn't see that, either.
Anyone know how to force SO8 to use a JRE that it can't see?
<a href="mailto:rob@8400" target="_blank">rob@8400</a> /opt/blackdown-jre-1.4.2.02 $ ls --co bin/
ControlPanel java_vm kinit ktab policytool rmiregistry tnameserv
java keytool klist orbd rmidservertool
and
<a href="mailto:rob@8400" target="_blank">rob@8400</a> /opt/blackdown-jre-1.4.2.02 $ whereis java
java: /opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.02/bin/java /opt/sun-jre-bin-1.4.2.09/bin/java /opt/blackdown-jre-1.4.2.02/bin/java
What's wrong with this picture, if anything?
Nothing, but the executable is still not in your path.
You will need to do this as root:
#ln -s /opt/blackdown-jre-1.4.2.02/bin/java /usr/bin
And you will have a link to "java" in your path. NOW
StarOffice, the system, and other applications will find it.