The LibreOffice version from the repos can’t load java-based extensions. This is particularly annoying since I am rather reliant on zotero. The other extension affected is LanguageTool. I have ticked the java-environment in settings (Oracle 1.8.0), but any attempt to activate either extension results in a Java-loader error. As a temporary fix, I have installed LibreOffice 5.4.1.2 from libreoffice.org. However, whenever I run zypper dup --no-allow-vendor-change, I end up with the faulty libreoffice version again.
A quick google search seems to suggest that I am not the only one with this problem. Is there anything I can do to solve it without the need to install versions of LibreOffice from suppliers other than Opensuse?
Yes, Java is installed, recognised and ticed. Otherwise, the extensions wouldn’t work with LibreOffice Org’s packages either. I am using Oracle 1.8.0-131.
I believe the problem lies with OpenSuse. I have tested other versions of Libreoffice downloaded from libreoffice.org as well as a snap pack from Ubuntu’s snap store, all integrated the extensions well. I then re-installed an earlier OpenSuse version, and that had no problem either. The installed Java-version has always remained unchanged. It seems as if the fault has first been re-introduced (OpenSuse packages had the problem in the past, if I remember right it was around 4.0 or 4.1) with the release of 5.3 and exists since. Unfortunately, I don’t know how to get in touch with the packager(s).