Current status of Java requirements - does OpenJDK also work?

csl-1

Ubuntu 11.10 has two versions available for easy install: OpenJDK 6 and OpenJDK 7. I know in the past Sun Java was required (it can still be installed manually). Is this still the case, or can OpenJDK be used, and if so, which version?

adamsmith

I'm pretty sure the Libre/Ooo integration uses no system java anymore, just the one that is built into LO/Ooo anyway, so yes, OpenJDK should work and which version doesn't matter.

csl-1

Thank you, I'm glad to see that Zotero is moving in a direction of being less dependent on specific components.

pacard

Ubuntu announced today that Oracle is retrieving Java from their repositories,

http://tinyurl.com/d9zxd9a

would this definitely not affect Zotero? On your support pages I read that Libreoffice require Java: 'This software requires a Java Runtime Environment (JRE). Windows users should install the Oracle JRE.Linux users may need to install the JRE included in their distribution.'

cheers
Paolo

jsullivan47

My question is exactly the same as Paolo's - Will OpenJDK work to connect Zotero to LibreOffice or OpenOffice in Linux? This is a critical issue in the wake of Oracle's announcement and it would be very helpful to have a comment from the Zotero staff on this (or maybe a blog post?). Zotero is just too important to my work to have this disrupted by this decision by Oracle.

Cheers,
John

adamsmith

this is not official, but my undestanding is that Zotero has used the java implementation that ships with LibreOffice for quite a while, so as long as LO works, so will Zotero. The Sun/OpenJDK issue is no longer an issue.

jsullivan47

Thanks, Adam - I hope you're right. I guess we'll find out when Ubuntu removes the sun-java-6 package and dependencies from all of its repositories and uninstalls it from users' machines!

John

Simon

Zotero has worked fine with OpenJDK since Zotero 2.1.

jsullivan47

Many thanks for the swift reply, Simon. I'm relieved...

Cheers,
John