Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 46897
Openoffice Base requires java after install
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:35:30 UTC
During installation Openoffice "BASE" is not listed as an option with any requirements. After install it appears as an icon next to the other OO icons giving one the impression that it is a fully functional program. However upon start, trying to run any of the functions of that program will throw an error stating that you must have a JRE installed for it to work. Of course I uninstalled my SUN JRE after I learned that OO had become dependent on closed source software to run. I couldn't find any open source implementation of a JRE for windows to install, so I am opting to live without a JRE now, which led to this discovery and subsequent report.
reporter is requesting during installation process to have additional selection to not install Base Component defect -> enhancement reassign confirm request
set target 2.0.1, please retarget as needed
I re-target this enhancement to OOo2.0.1
If this is a request for Base to be an optional component, this is issue 46898. However, since both issues are from the same reporter, I am reluctant to simply mark this one here as duplicate. I suppose the problem here is that Base does not detect that no JRE is installed. Normally, it should, and simply fall back to dBase (which does not require Java).