On 12/18/05, Haim Ashkenazi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 08:56 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: > > Hi, > > Is a Java JDK a necessity? I currently have none of the Blackdown > > stuff installed and am using sun-jre-bin as it solves a problem with > > some drop down menus. However, when I emerge sun-jre-bin I get a set > > of messages that aren't comforting: > > > > --- !targe sym /opt/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.06/lib/i386/client/libjsig.so > > --- !targe sym /opt/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.06/javaws/javaws > > >>> original instance of package unmerged safely. > > * Found no JDK, setting sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.06 as default system VM > > javac not found at /opt/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.06/bin/javac or > > /opt/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.06/jre/bin/javac > > javadoc not found at /opt/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.06/bin/javadoc or > > /opt/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.06/jre/bin/javadoc > > jar not found at /opt/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.06/bin/jar or > > /opt/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.06/jre/bin/jar > > rmic not found at /opt/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.06/bin/rmic or > > /opt/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.06/jre/bin/rmic > > THIS SYSTEM VM IS NOT SUFFICIENT, REQUIRED BINARIES WERE NOT FOUND > > System Virtual Machine set > > You may want to update your enviroment by running: > > "/usr/sbin/env-update && source /etc/profile" > > >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... > > > > > > I get the same messages if I install only the blackdown-jre without > > the blackdown-jdk. > > > > Am I supposed to be installing something else to make the sun-jre > > work? (Since the blackdown-jre dowsn't work...) > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ eix blackdown > > * dev-java/blackdown-jre > > Available versions: *1.3.1-r9 1.4.1-r1 1.4.2.01-r1 1.4.2.02 > > ~1.4.2.02-r1 > > Installed: none > > Homepage: http://www.blackdown.org > > Description: Blackdown Java Runtime Environment 1.4.2.01 > > > > * dev-java/blackdown-jdk > > Available versions: 1.3.1-r8 *1.3.1-r10 1.4.1-r1 1.4.2.01-r2 > > 1.4.2.02 ~1.4.2.03 > > Installed: none > > Homepage: http://www.blackdown.org/ > > Description: Blackdown Java Development Kit 1.3.1 > > > > * dev-java/blackdown-java3d-bin > > Available versions: 1.3.1-r1 > > Installed: none > > Homepage: http://www.blackdown.org > > Description: Java 3D Software Development Kit > > > > > > Found 3 matches > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ eix sun-jre-bin > > * dev-java/sun-jre-bin > > Available versions: 1.4.2.09 1.4.2.10 1.5.0.05 1.5.0.06 > > Installed: 1.5.0.06 > > Homepage: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/ > > Description: Sun's J2SE Platform > > > > > > Found 1 matches > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ > > > > Thanks, > > Mark > > > > I think you should install the JDK or disable java in your USE flags. > > Bye > -- > Haim
Thanks for the response. What I'm seeing is that with the blackdown-jre installed some things do not work. With the sun-jre-bin package installed these things work until the blackdown-jdk is installed at which time they stop working. Java seems a bit of a mess! Thanks again for the response. Cheers, Mark -- [email protected] mailing list
