> On Nov 16, 2014, at 7:21 AM, Sean Lake <odysseus9...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>> On Nov 16, 2014, at 7:13, Alexander Hansen <alexanderk.han...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Nov 16, 2014, at 7:02 AM, Sean Lake <odysseus9...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Nov 16, 2014, at 6:55, Alexander Hansen <alexanderk.han...@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Nov 15, 2014, at 6:53 PM, Sean Lake <odysseus9...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Ok, fixed it. Installed Oracle’s Java.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sean
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Nov 15, 2014, at 17:52, Sean Lake <odysseus9...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I’m getting multiple packages, especially gnucash2, complaining about
>>>>>> the lack of system-java16-dev on my new mac. I’ve installed
>>>>>> java_for_os_x_2013005_dp__11m4609.dmg, but it doesn’t seem to have
>>>>>> rectified the problem. Running fink apropos java, I get:
>>>>>> i system-java 1.6.0-1 [virtual package representing Java 1.6.0]
>>>>>> i system-java16 1.6.0-1 [virtual package representing Java 1.6.0]
>>>>>> system-java16-dev 1.6.0-1 [virtual package representing Java
>>>>>> 1.6.0 development headers]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What do I need to install to get that last package?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Sean
>>>>>>
>>>>>> sudo fink install gnucash2
>>>>>> Password:
>>>>>> Information about 10219 packages read in 0 seconds.
>>>>>> Can't resolve dependency "system-java-dev" for package
>>>>>> "bison-legacy-2.7.1-1"
>>>>>> (no matching packages/versions found)
>>>>>> Exiting with failure.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> fink --version
>>>>>> Package manager version: 0.38.2
>>>>>> Distribution version: selfupdate-rsync Sat Nov 15 14:55:28 2014, 10.10,
>>>>>> x86_64
>>>>>> Trees: local/main stable/main stable/crypto
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sorry for the confusion here. We have two versions of the availability
>>>> code for virtual packages;
>>>>
>>>> 1) The package shows up in the list as not installed if it isn’t detected.
>>>> 2) The package doesn’t show up in the list at all if it isn’t detected.
>>>>
>>>> I prefer 2) to be used for virtual packages which are impossible to
>>>> install on certain OS versions, and 1) for packages which are always
>>>> possible to satisfy. We might want to switch system-java-dev over to 1).
>>>> Option 1) has fink go through an install procedure and then gives a more
>>>> verbose error message, so it seems more appropriate here.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
>>>> Fink User Liaison
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks, but I don’t know if that would address the issue I was having.
>>>
>>> In this particular case, installing Apple’s latest Java didn’t satisfy the
>>> requirement for system-java16-dev. That tells me that either the detection
>>> in system-java16-dev is busted, or Apple’s Java is broken in a way that
>>> makes it unable to fulfill that need. If it is the latter case, it would be
>>> helpful if the instructions on 10.10 were updated to specify Oracle’s Java
>>> is needed.
>>>
>>> Thanks again,
>>> Sean
>>
>> The detection system worked just fine for me when last I checked it (a
>> couple of weeks ago).
>>
>> When you say “Apple’s latest java”, does that mean the legacy SDK?
>> http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1572
>> Your package list suggests not.
>>
>> What java is needed depends on the package. Some packages just want _a_
>> Java, and some won’t build using Oracle’s. Other older packagers may want
>> system-java16 because at the time it was the newest option.
>> --
>> Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
>> Fink User Liaison
>>
>
> I installed the files available from Apple’s developer site in the dmg file
> named: java_for_os_x_2013005_dp__11m4609.dmg . It was the newest Java
> installer Apple had listed on developer.apple.com’s developer member site.
> That file you linked is newer (2013–005 vs 2014-001), so I’ll install it.
> Regardless, all of the packages I installed seemed happy with the Oracle
> install I did.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sean
The 2014-001 package definitely suffices for system-java16-dev. No clue why
it’s not listed developer.apple.com <http://developer.apple.com/>, but we
definitely can be more explicit about where to get it.
--
Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
Fink User Liaison
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