[ale] SuSE 8.2, OpenOffice, JRE1.x

[Fulton Green]

I don't believe OpenOffice has a dependency on Java:
http://www.openoffice.org/product/page41.html

On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 07:32:53AM -0600, Joseph Knapka wrote:
> This weekend I did an FTP install of SuSE 8.2, and so far I like it
> better than RedHat. I have a problem, though - I can't install
> OpenOffice, or indeed, anything that depends on Java, because the SuSE
> FTP server doesn't seem to carry the JRE package.
> 
> If I just install Sun's Linux JRE, will Yast notice that and then let
> me install OO.org? Or do I need to install a genuine SuSE JRE package;
> and if so, where to find it?  I suspect I'll have to install a SuSE
> package in order for its package magic to notice the change.  I've
> googled a bit, and the JRE stuff is apparently on the SuSE CDs, but
> that doesn't help me :-(
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