Re: IO PACKAGE and JAVA

[Markus Mützel]

Am 22. März 2020 um 17:00 Uhr schrieb "Steph Bredenhann":
> On 2020/03/22 17:08, Debajyoti Datta wrote:
> > I also get this, but this does not interrupt normal operations. Are you 
> > trying to plot data from excel sheet ?? 
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 22, 2020, 8:29 PM Steph Bredenhann 
> > <address@hidden[mailto:address@hidden]> wrote:
> > > I am getting this message:
> > > 
> > > Detected XLS interfaces: warning:  No Java support found (no Java JRE or
> > > JDK?)
> > > warning: called from
> > >      getxlsinterfaces at line 122 column 11
> > >      xlsopen at line 262 column 17
> > >      xlsread at line 233 column 11
> > > 
> > > My operating system is Ubuntu 18.04 and I run Octave 5.2
> > > 
> > >  >> pkg describe io
> > > ---
> > > Package name:
> > >          io
> > > Version:
> > >          2.4.13
> > > Short description:
> > >          Input/Output in external formats.
> > > Status:
> > >          Loaded
> > > 
> > > How can I get rid of this message?
> > > 
> > > Steph
> 
> 
> Hi
> 
> We must keep the help list informed.
> 
> It does not interrupt normal operations, true, but I write results (normal 
> text) to the command window and this unnecessary feedback clutter my output. 
> If I can make IO recognise the JAVA path then I can use my output sensibly.

The io package should be able to detect the JRE automatically on Windows (in 
most cases). Keep in mind that the bit-ness of Octave and the JRE must match. 
So if you use Octave 64bit, you need to install Java 64bit (same goes for both 
32bit).

HTH,
Markus