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

[TheDatabaseGuy]

I’m running:
Base as part of LibreOffice Version: 5.0.2.2 Build ID: 37b43f919e4de5eeaca9b9755ed688758a8251fe
Under OS X 10.11.1
With Java (Version 8 Update 65) installed

I’m getting “LibreOffice requires a Java runtime environment (JRE) to perform this task. Please install a JRE and restart LibreOffice.” when I try to open a table.

Does anyone know what the problem is and, if I’m running the wrong version of LibreOffice or Java, let me know which version I should be running and when I can get it from?

Thanks all.

[jobowo]

I got this same message when I clicked on an Excel command button but there needs to be an answer here by a developer. Do I need a JRE or not and if I do, under what circumstances? LO looks like an excellent product but as far as I can see the support in forums is miserable. If there are, shall we say, shady areas, then users just need to know that. If I can’t find these basic answers I’ll have to bail out on the product

[WesselsJ]

Me too, for sure!! WikiHelp of no use (especially for BASE. Just downloaded LibreOffice and my first experience is NOT joyful. No “Getting Started” at all. What else will I need to get LO working properly? I will now install the latest Java and pray I will get some luck on using LO.

[jayArr]

Not that it’s much help but I have a BASE application that I’ve been developing over the last 6 months with various versions of LO and OSX.

It runs fine with LO Version: 5.0.2.2
Build ID: 37b43f919e4de5eeaca9b9755ed688758a8251fe

and OSX 10.10.5 and with Apple’s JRE 1.6.0_65

but the identical application does NOT work with

the same LO Version: 5.0.2.2
Build ID: 37b43f919e4de5eeaca9b9755ed688758a8251fe

and OSX 10.11.1 running with either Oracle’s JRE 1.8.0_60 or 1.8.0_65

it just hangs mysteriously after startup it seems as if the BASE macro startup code (I’m using a split database) does not complete and I have to do an OSX FORCE QUIT.

I am going to revert this combination tho Apple’s JRE and see if it works and will report back here

ADDENDUM
I have tried installing this Java for OS X 2015-001 in an attempt to get things working - but it doesn’t!

I note that there is at least one Bug 94672 that asserts OSX10.11 & LO 5.02 do NOT work together.

And problems have also been reported in this forum here. Incidentally I have tried deleting my user profile as suggested by the link - it did not work.

You may learn more about JAVA and OSX 10.11 here: Apple Java 6 for 10.11

It seems that 10.11 has dropped JAVA 10.6 (!)

Meanwhile I am reverting to my OSX 10.11 machine to 10.10.5 (I don’t need the so called improvements)

UPDATE: from Bugzilla - Bug 94716

When LibreOffice on OS X 10.10 or
10.11 and LibreOffice loads Oracle’s Java 1.8.x via JNI, the JVM terminates
LibreOffice. This bug occurs only when
only Oracle’s JDK or JRE are installed
and Apple’s Java is not installed.