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extensions: workaround when 'JRE is Defective' appears
 
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grahamperrin
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Joined: Oct 08, 2004
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Location: Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom

PostPosted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 7:54 am    Post subject: extensions: workaround when 'JRE is Defective' appears

For reference only

I experimented with the recent release of Java for OS X from Oracle –

Code:
macbookpro08-centrim:~ gjp22$ java -version
java version "1.7.0_06"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_06-b24)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.2-b09, mixed mode)


When launching NeoOffice 3.3 Beta 2 Patch 1, the following dialogue appeared:

Quote:
JRE is Defective
!
NeoOffice requires a Java runtime environment (JRE) to perform this task. The selected JRE is defective. Please select another version or install a new JRE and select it under Tools - Options - NeoOffice - Java.
OK


As the dialogue appeared more than once whenever NeoOffice launched, I suspected an issue with extensions.

Workaround

I disabled all extensions that are not integral to NeoOffice.

(As some were disabled, another alert appeared – 'Could not create Java implementation loader'.)

Summary

Probably not an issue with NeoOffice.

At a later date I might review my choice of third party extensions – to see which are incompatible with Java 1.7.0_06 – but there's no rush.

Also noted with thanks

Removing Java from windows, menus, and printing


Last edited by grahamperrin on Mon Aug 20, 2012 8:08 am; edited 1 time in total
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pluby
The Architect
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Joined: Jun 16, 2003
Posts: 11949

PostPosted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 8:06 am    Post subject: Re: extensions: workaround when 'JRE is Defective' appears

grahamperrin wrote:
[I experimented with the recent release of Java for OS X from Oracle –


FYI. NeoOffice only supports Apple's Java versions so I suspect that the problem is not Oracle's Java, but is that you have not installed Apple's Java 1.6 package or you have made changes to Apple's Java files and/or softlinks to get Oracle's Java to run that has broken Apple's Java.

So, if you are running Mac OS X 10.7 Lion or 10.8 Mountain Lion, our recommendation is to download and install Java 1.6 from Apple. You can download it from this Apple tech note.

Then, launch NeoOffice and open the Tools :: Options menu and, in the dialog that appears, select the NeoOffice :: Java item, select Apple's Java 1.6, press the OK button, and restart NeoOffice.

Patrick
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pluby
The Architect
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Joined: Jun 16, 2003
Posts: 11949

PostPosted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 8:24 am    Post subject:

FYI. I have moved this forum topic into the NeoOffice Beta Support forum as the NeoOffice Testing forum is only for testing new features that we have implemented. Since we have not promised nor intend to support Oracle's Java for Mac version, you will not be able to run OpenOffice.org or LibreOffice extensions that require Java 1.7 or higher.

I am not sure if you got NeoOffice to recognize a Java 1.7 installation since NeoOffice explicitly limits Java to only Apple Java 1.5.0 through 1.6.x, but whatever you did certainly will not work and using any non-Apple Java within NeoOffice will, at best, not work and will, at worst, cause crashing and/or hanging.

Patrick
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