[Nix-dev] libreoffice java impurity

[Mathijs Kwik]

Lluís Batlle i Rossell <viric at viric.name> writes:

> On Tue, Sep 03, 2013 at 09:27:58AM +0200, Mathijs Kwik wrote:
>> When starting libreoffice, I get this notice (on CLI):
>> 
>> javaldx: Could not find a Java Runtime Environment!
>> Warning: failed to read path from javaldx
>> 
>> After installing openjre to my profile, this message no longer appears.
>> So we should probably wrap libreoffice so it can find java in its PATH.
>> 
>> But as as everything seems to work fine without it (I'm not a heavy
>> user though), I figure this is an optional dependency and might have
>> been left out intentionally to keep the closure smaller.
>> Can someone enlighten me about this? Or should I just wrap it?
>
> I remember that *some* import formats required java, at some point. Then, I used
> the same trick fo having openjre in the PATH to make them work.
>
> I think that along time, they move more and more parts from java to
> c++.

So no need to wrap it in nixpkgs?

>
> Regards,
> Lluís.