Mac OS X 10.7: LibreOffice requires a Java runtime environment (JRE) to perform this task

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#1

I’ve searched the other answers but haven’t found this exact issue. I must have done something silly or unusual, but in searching the web I can’t figure out what.

If I open LibreOffice, occasionally the following message will pop up:

LibreOffice requires a Java runtime environment (JRE) to perform this task. Please install a JRE and restart LibreOffice.

Apple bundles Java with the OS, so I should already have a JRE. I have tried selecting numerous paths manually in Preferences → General → Java, but to no avail. Not sure what to try next.

The application works well enough, but I’d like to resolve this message and make sure it fully works.

#2

@ProLogic I can’t download a JRE because Apple supplies one.

#3

It’s 2016 now. I have 64bit JRE and LO 5.1. Can advice please be provided on which paths to enter?

#14

You need a 32bit JVM. Most likely you only have a 64 bit VM installed. Beginning with Libreoffice 4.2 we will provide also 64 bit MacOSX builds which work with a 64 bit JVM.

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#15

Thanks for this update. Good to get some clarity on this issue.

#4

May be just try to install the last Java runtime environment JRE
because Apple supplies their own version of Java. Use the Software Update feature (available on the Apple menu / Software Update…) to check that you have the most up-to-date version of Java for your Mac.
For mac it’s actually the version 6 (if i remember)

#5

Hi @wizonesolutions,

Still looking for an Answer here? Could you please try to install the latest release of LibreOffice and Java (see @ProLogic’s answer above) and see if that fixes the issue?

#6

Hi,
I’m using LO 4.0.2.2 on OS X 10.8.3 and I’m having the same issue. Only, the message (“LibreOffice requires a Java runtime…”) pops up so frequently that it’s really disturbing my work. Things get even worse when I type in Japanese (I can’t type more than 2 characters without having the message poping up).
I didn’t find a solution to this problem on forums: would anyone have an idea?

(Sorry, this is meant to be a comment, but I don’t find the commmenting tool…)

#7

@_Josephine – you needed more karma to be able to comment (I just up-voted your Answer for that purpose)

#8

@_Josephine, Do you have a JRE installed on your system? I thought that Apple was shipping their own Java lately, but I can’t remember the exact situation…

#9

@qubit1 : thanks for your answer (and thanks for the karma thing, didn’t know about that)! I haven’t installed a JRE myself so if I have anything, it should be Apple’s Java… But it looks to me like I don’t have a JRE at all.

#10

@_Josephine either open a terminal and type: java -version and see what it reports, or go here. I have v1.6.0_45 working fine under MacOS 10.6.8 (with LO).

#11

@Josephine - JRE problem and Japanese seems to be a Mac+JRE problem on my windows machine I have no problems to write Japanese.
XP english Prof / SP3 / Asian language support package.
I hope this information supports identification of the route cause.

#12

@Josephine - JRE problem and Japanese seems to be a Mac+JRE problem on my windows machine I have no problems to write Japanese

#13

Hi there,
i have same issue…

Mac OS X 10.9 + LibreOffice 4.1.2.3

Since nothing was working i installed JDK & JRE 7… while JRE 6 should be provided from OS X already…

Anyway LibO couldn’t detect any JRE…

Any hint??

Thanks in advance,
best regard!

E

#16

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