openoffice.org-writer lacks gij dependencies, no java runtime on CD

[Matthias Klose]

Binary package hint: openoffice.org

openoffice.org-writer lacks a *dependency* on a java-runtime, resulting in no jvm on the CD.

- openoffice.org-writer should depend on one, instead of recommending one.
- this should be gij, not java-gcj-compat (the latter adding 20MB on disk space)

plus, after installing gij, java-gcj-compat, or openjdk-6-jre doesn't recognize a java runtime at all.

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Can confirm the problem with the jvm not being recognized. Here's the console output on my amd64 install when trying to click on a wizard:

 [Java framework]sunjavaplugin.so could not load Java runtime library:
file:///usr/lib/../lib64/gcj-4.1/libjvm.so.

I have no idea why it's looking for gcj-4.1 specifically. I have gcj-4.2-81 on this system, via libgcj8-1.

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

Steve Langasek schrieb:
> Can confirm the problem with the jvm not being recognized. Here's the
> console output on my amd64 install when trying to click on a wizard:
>
> [Java framework]sunjavaplugin.so could not load Java runtime library:
> file:///usr/lib/../lib64/gcj-4.1/libjvm.so.
>
> I have no idea why it's looking for gcj-4.1 specifically. I have
> gcj-4.2-81 on this system, via libgcj8-1.

It tries all it can find. is openoffice.org-java-common installed?

[Jerzy Luszawski (dr-agon)]

I confirm that openoffice.org-java-common was not installed despite properly updated system. After installing it manually my java was recognized and OO works fine.

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 07:57:35PM -0000, Matthias Klose wrote:
> Steve Langasek schrieb:
> > Can confirm the problem with the jvm not being recognized. Here's the
> > console output on my amd64 install when trying to click on a wizard:
> >
> > [Java framework]sunjavaplugin.so could not load Java runtime library:
> > file:///usr/lib/../lib64/gcj-4.1/libjvm.so.
> >
> > I have no idea why it's looking for gcj-4.1 specifically. I have
> > gcj-4.2-81 on this system, via libgcj8-1.
>
> It tries all it can find. is openoffice.org-java-common installed?

Yes. But I get this error output on the console, and a "JRE is Defective"
dialog in the app.

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[jiu (jacques-charroy)]

I also get the message that the jre is faulty at startup of openoffice, although I have sun-java-jre 1.5 and 1.6 installed. When I go to the options, both jres are recognized, but selecting one doesn't save the setting. Next time I start openoffice, I get the same message 'faulty jre' again. I don't have gcj installed. hardy with all updates, openoffice 2.4.
I'd appreciate any help.

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

ack

[Matt Zimmerman (mdz)]

Apr 18 13:56:02 <mdz> calc: please ack bug 218692, which is milestoned for 8.04
Apr 18 13:58:58 * calc looking
Apr 18 13:59:11 <calc> mdz: will be uploading a fix for that in the next day or so
Apr 18 13:59:23 <mdz> calc: thanks, please update the bug accordingly
Apr 18 13:59:34 <calc> just finished the security updates earlier this morning
Apr 18 14:00:38 <mdz> calc: when did this get introduced? was it part of the openjdk stuff?
Apr 18 14:02:05 <calc> mdz: i'm not sure yet i haven't had a chance to go back through the bzr repo to see if i dropped something or if it was just a function of not having openoffice.org meta-package installed
Apr 18 14:02:28 <calc> and we can't install openoffice.org-java-common on the cd because we have no space
Apr 18 14:02:54 <calc> but yes OOo in general does need java to fully function, so its a bit of a problem
Apr 18 14:03:29 <calc> i can try just adding the gij depends and see if that will work but not really sure
Apr 18 14:04:58 <calc> its appears it won't work when openoffice.org-java-common is not installed, but slangasek seems to have the problem even when it is installed, so i'm not sure what is happening on his box
Apr 18 14:05:09 <calc> wrt this bug and others i have seen about the same issue
Apr 18 14:08:14 <calc> we could potentially have enough room for OOo if recompressed the other (non OOo) packages that can benefit from it, but it probably still wouldn't be enough space on the desktop cd since it doesn't use lzma for the squashfs

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

What we really need is for openoffice.org to be reseeded to fix this and many other bug reports, but that seems unlikely. gij did acidentally get dropped from the

Recommends: "gij |" java-gcj-compat | openjdk-6-jre | sun-java5-jre | sun-java6-jre | java2-runtime

But it was never a Depends for openoffice.org-writer. What used to happen though was since openoffice.org meta-package was seeded we got openoffice.org-java-common and openoffice.org-base installed as well which did depend on gij (which happens to also be missing gij at the moment as well due to shared replacement variable).

Chris

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

Matthias,

Should openoffice.org-writer really depend on java anyway, afaict that probably should be moved into openoffice.org-core since the different apps are really just views into the same framework app. Most things other than base don't use java but being able to setup java properly which is what this bug seems to be primarily about is needed by all of the apps not just writer.

Chris

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

Oh I don't think I made this clear, I definitely will be fixing the gij missing in the replacement variable, but to solve the other half of the problem I think I should move the dependency into openoffice.org-core from openoffice.org-base and the Recommends for openoffice.org-writer, etc.

Chris

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

proposing for hardy:

- let openoffice.org-java-common depend on "gij | java-gcj-compat | ..." (same thing as the recommends in writer)
- document in the release notes that openoffice.org-java-common is necessary to get the java stuff in OOo
  working (installation of openoffice.org is already mentioned in the release notes).

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

On this system where I get the Java error message, the openoffice.org metapackage is already installed. So I don't see that re-seeding it will fix anything.

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

to the users who don't have working wizards after installation of openoffice.org-java-common:

 - quit all OOo apps
 - move / rename you .openoffice.org2 folder in your home directory
 - restart and check the wizards
 - remove the newly created .openoffice.org2 folder
 - move back the old folder.

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

proposing for hardy as well:

add another string to the message box which appears for a non-working java. Append (don't replace) a string saying "please install the openoffice.org-java-common package for this functionality".

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

ok, on a hunch I just moved aside my ~/.openoffice.org2 directory, and now Java works. So this looks like an upgrade issue in the same vein as 205322 - i.e., it may only an issue for users whose OOo setup predates Ubuntu.

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

Matthias,

Steve just mentioned on IRC we don't have enough space for even gij on the livefs.

Chris

[jiu (jacques-charroy)]

Solved for me by deleting the following file: $HOME/.openoffice.org2/user/config/javasettings_Linux_x86.xml
The file gets recreated automatically at next openoffice startup with the proper settings.
All the credit goes to mjuhasz on this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=678751&highlight=openoffice+hardy+java+javasettings_Linux_x86.xml&page=2

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package openoffice.org - 1:2.4.0-3ubuntu6

---------------
openoffice.org (1:2.4.0-3ubuntu6) hardy; urgency=low

  * ooo-build/patches/src680/ubuntu-openoffice-java-common.diff:
    . Added message to tell user to install openoffice.org-java-common if
      java is non-functional. Closes LP: #218692
  * Changed openoffice.org dependency on openoffice.org-officebean so it
    is not included when java is disabled.
  * Removed dependency on openoffice.orgVER by openoffice.orgVER-l10n-in and
    openoffice.orgVER-l10n-za so they can be installed without OOo.

 -- Chris Cheney <email address hidden> Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:16:35 -0500

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

we now have a nice message box pointing to install openoffice.org-java-common, but openoffice.org-java-common still doesn't depend on a java runtime (should be "gij | java-gcj-compat | openjdk-6-jre | sun-java6-jre |java2-runtime"

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

Matthias,

Hmm, I didn't even notice that before since every time I installed openoffice.org-java-common it pulled in a JRE. Looking more closely at the depends, even though openoffice.org-java-common doesn't depend on a JRE all the packages it depends on do. So a JRE is pulled in any case.

Chris

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

Also all the spots in openoffice.org packages that refer to JRE's now refer to 'gij | java-gcj-compat | openjdk-6-jre | sun-java5-jre | sun-java6-jre | java2-runtime' so the gij isn't left out anymore.

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

So, I guess this bug which is about correcting dependencies can be closed?

For those with problems upgrading from pre-hardy who have a working JRE but OOo.org does not recognize it, please take a look at bug 22803.

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

missed another 2!

bug 222803 is the one you'd want to look at

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

As noted, openoffice.org-java-common depends on packages such as 'bsh', which do themselves have a dependency on a JRE (in fact, a stricter dependency than the one proposed for -java-common). I'm thereofer unmilestoning this bug and lowering the importance, as the remaining dependency issue has little if any impact.