[Slackbuilds-users] libreoffice-7.4.3.2 Slackbuild

[Christoph Willing]

On 13/4/23 19:54, Dave wrote:
> Wayne Smith <waynelloydsmith at gmx.com>:
>> I think this email id for Chris Willing . Never done this before
>> installed this LibreOffice-7.4.3.2-x86_64-1_SBo yesterday
>> had to uninstall jdk8 then reinstall jdk8
>> also had to reboot a couple of times
>> not much fun.
> 
> You didn't need to reboot.  A logout/login or source /etc/profile
> should have been enough.  If you have more than one jdk installed,
> you'll need to make their /etc/profile.d/ scripts non-executable and
> manually source the one you need for the application you want to run
> that uses it:
> 
> . /etc/profile.d/zulu-openjdk11.sh
> 
>> libreOffice is running now and I'm happy
>> don't understand why I need both jdk8 and jdk11 installed to make the slack
>> build happy.
>> looking into javajdk problems with LibreOffice-7.4.3.2 SBo install .. needed
>> both jdk8 and jdk11 installed
>> post install
>> both jdk8.sh and jdk11.sh are in /etc/profile.d .. and they both are
>> executable ?????
>> env says JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib64/zulu-openjdk11
>> so I guess /etc/profile.d/zulu-openjdk11.sh runs after
>> /etc/profile.d/zulu-openjdk8.sh
> 
> It would have been the other way around, because 8 comes after 1.
> 
>> not to predictable
>> checking sboui today I see version 7.4.5.1 is available now.
>> has the jdk wars been settled in this version ?
> 
> The /etc/profile.d/zulu-openjdk11.sh script ought to be sourced
> before starting the build, or all other jdks uninstalled, logout and
> login again.
> 
> Check $JAVA_HOME before building to be sure.
> 
> You could test if whatever applications need the older jdk versions
> will work with version 11.  If they do, simply uninstall the older
> versions and keep the latest.
>

Although zulu-openjdk11 is specified in the .info file, just about any 
of the multitude of JDKs will work OK to build/run LibreOffice. Provided 
$JAVA_HOME exists and points to something valid, the SlackBuild should work.

Dave offers good advice about removing older versions and keeping the 
latest. However if the old version really is required for some other 
SLackBuild, I'm pretty sure LibreOffice will still build/run with the 
older JDK. Again, ensure $JAVA_HOME is valid.

The latest version LibreOffice version is 7.5.2.2.

chris