NOTE: The JDK is different from Oracle’s Java Runtime Environment or JRE. I am on a 2017 iMac running Mac OS High Sierra (OS version 10.13.5) and I installed LibreOffice version 6.0.4.Īfter installing LibreOffice - since you will probably have done that before reaching this page - you need to install Oracle’s Java Development Kit, or JDK. If I didn’t know better, I would get the impression that the creators and maintainers of LibreOffice are not interested in attracting Mac users to use the product.
It was only on searching this knowledgebase for ‘Mac Java’ that I found any sensible answers, and this still required clicking through multiple answers from the very kind and patient Ratslinger. I would describe myself as a fairly experienced user of a Mac, and a very experienced researcher of online information, but I find LibreOffice’s documentation, both in the help documents, its FAQ, its installation guides and so on to be appalling for this basic bit of functionality that is essential to make the Base (database) part of LibreOffice function properly.
I am a new user of LibreOffice, having downloaded it today (14 June 2018). Hi Jack, and thank you Ratslinger for the advice provided in your various posts to help users with similar questions.
