OpenOffice.org doesn't recognize JRE installation
 

Good day

I've recently installed OpenOffice.org 2.0.1 (installed everything, except for other desktop-integrations packages) and JRE 5.0. Openoffice.org-javafilter is also installed.
The problem is: I create a DB at OpenOffice.org Base. When I go to edit it, by clicking in "Tables", I receive a message saying that "OpenOffice.org requires a JRE installed in order to perform this task. Please install JRE and restart OpenOffice.org" followed by a "Unable to connect to database" message.

Anyone knows how can I solve it?
The distro is a Suse 10.0.

Thanks

A couple of ways to solve this.

1. Set a JAVA_HOME environment variable that points to the top level install directory and append $JAVA_HOME/bin to your PATH variable.

ex. of JAVA_HOME: /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_10, /usr/java/j2jre1.4.2_10

ex. of PATH: $JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

You can set this globally for all users in /etc/profile or you can set this for individual users in their ~/.bashrc file. Either way, you should probably log out of your user session and then log back in.

2. To manually add the jre path in openoffice. Go to Tools > Options. Choose the Java option and click the add button. Navigate and select your Java install path.

ex. : /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_10/jre, /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_10

*Note, if you're using just the jre package make sure you use the right path as I don't use the jre package and I'm not totally sure if there's a bin directory for the PATH variable nor am I sure that /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_10 would be all that's necessary to set for #2.

Also, #2 is only for the user that runs openoffice.