John, how long ago was this? I can't give you a reference, but I don't
think LibreOffice 4 installs any type of Java at all. It's possible this
happened with much older versions and before Oracle changed some legal
stuff about Oracle which even caused Canonical to drop Oracle's Java from
the repos.


On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 3:46 AM, John Hupp <lubu...@prpcompany.com> wrote:

> I forget if I asked this question some time back, but if I did, I don't
> remember that the matter was settled.
>
> I wanted to add LibreOffice to an installation for the sake of better MS
> Office file compatibility and to gain a presentations program, but it looks
> like LibreOffice will install Java.  It seems to me that this must open a
> security risk.  But I recall also doing some reading that indicated Java
> might be removed and most common LibreOffice functions will work just fine
> (I think the notable exception being the Base database).
>
> Can someone clarify/amplify?
>
> --John
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