Re: Why is /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12 not recognized in update-alternatives?
Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:00:10 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: (...) (...) The above path... not sure if it's right. Try by manually forcing the full path to java bin: *** ./eclipse -debug -vm /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12/jre/bin/java *** Thanks for the trick. It first gives a box `No exit data available', then == Start VM: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12/jre/bin/java -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5 -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Xms40m -Xmx384m -jar /home/merciadriluca/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.0.v20100507.jar -os linux -ws gtk -arch x86 -showsplash -launcher /home/merciadriluca/eclipse/eclipse -name Eclipse --launcher.library /home/merciadriluca/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.gtk.linux.x86_1.1.0.v20100503/eclipse_1307.so -startup /home/merciadriluca/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.0.v20100507.jar -exitdata 158007 -product org.eclipse.epp.package.java.product -debug -vm /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12/jre/bin/java -vmargs -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5 -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Xms40m -Xmx384m -jar /home/merciadriluca/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.0.v20100507.jar Error occurred during initialization of VM java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Object == then == JVM terminated. Exit code=1 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12/jre/bin/java -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5 -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Xms40m -Xmx384m -jar /home/merciadriluca/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.0.v20100507.jar -os linux -ws gtk -arch x86 -showsplash -launcher /home/merciadriluca/eclipse/eclipse -name Eclipse --launcher.library /home/merciadriluca/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.gtk.linux.x86_1.1.0.v20100503/eclipse_1307.so -startup /home/merciadriluca/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.0.v20100507.jar -exitdata 158007 -product org.eclipse.epp.package.java.product -debug -vm /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12/jre/bin/java -vmargs -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5 -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Xms40m -Xmx384m -jar /home/merciadriluca/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.0.v20100507.jar == (quite the same as before). Also, run which java and put here the output == $ which java /usr/local/bin/java merciadril...@merciadriluca-station:/usr/local/bin$ ls -al | grep java lrwxrwxrwx 1 root staff 59 2010-08-14 15:58 java - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12/bin/java == I can't understand why it does not work. -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ I use PGP. If there is an incompatibility problem with your mail client, please contact me. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Why is /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12 not recognized in update-alternatives?
On Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:13:27 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: Camaleón wrote: (...) Try by manually forcing the full path to java bin: *** ./eclipse -debug -vm /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12/jre/bin/java *** Thanks for the trick. It first gives a box `No exit data available', then == Start VM: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12/jre/bin/java At least that path looks more normal. (...) -jar /home/merciadriluca/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.0.v20100507.jar Error occurred during initialization of VM java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Object It seems failing to load that .jar (is that equinox a plugin you can omit just for testing?) :-? (...) (quite the same as before). Yes, it gets stuck at that point. Also, run which java and put here the output == $ which java /usr/local/bin/java s...@stt008:~$ which java /usr/bin/java merciadril...@merciadriluca-station:/usr/local/bin$ ls -al | grep java lrwxrwxrwx 1 root staff 59 2010-08-14 15:58 java - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12/bin/java s...@stt008:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/java lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 nov 14 2009 /usr/bin/java - /etc/alternatives/java I can't understand why it does not work. Me neither... maybe it's just an Eclipse issue. Can you launch any other java application and see if that works? P.S. Also, consider unistalling Sun's java package (the one downloaded from Oracle site) and getting the Sun's java package from Debian non-free repo :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.08.15.11.35...@gmail.com
Re: Why is /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12 not recognized in update-alternatives?
Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:13:27 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: Camaleón wrote: (...) Try by manually forcing the full path to java bin: *** ./eclipse -debug -vm /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12/jre/bin/java *** Thanks for the trick. It first gives a box `No exit data available', then == Start VM: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12/jre/bin/java At least that path looks more normal. (...) -jar /home/merciadriluca/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.0.v20100507.jar Error occurred during initialization of VM java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Object It seems failing to load that .jar (is that equinox a plugin you can omit just for testing?) :-? I installed eclipse without any additional plugins. It looks like Equinox (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox_(OSGi)) is mandatory. (...) (quite the same as before). Yes, it gets stuck at that point. Yes. Also, run which java and put here the output == $ which java /usr/local/bin/java s...@stt008:~$ which java /usr/bin/java merciadril...@merciadriluca-station:/usr/local/bin$ ls -al | grep java lrwxrwxrwx 1 root staff 59 2010-08-14 15:58 java - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12/bin/java s...@stt008:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/java lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 nov 14 2009 /usr/bin/java - /etc/alternatives/java I can't understand why it does not work. Me neither... maybe it's just an Eclipse issue. Can you launch any other java application and see if that works? Yes, I can, but the result is negative: no other java app works. P.S. Also, consider unistalling Sun's java package (the one downloaded from Oracle site) and getting the Sun's java package from Debian non-free repo :-) # apt-get install sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-jre sun-java6-jdk sun-java6-bin Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done sun-java6-jre is already the newest version. sun-java6-jdk is already the newest version. sun-java6-bin is already the newest version. Good news. I looked thoroughly in /usr/lib/jvm, and discovered that there was also a java-6-sun-1.6.0.20 folder, whose bin/ was containing java. I managed to make it default: # update-alternatives --config java There are 3 alternatives which provide `java'. SelectionAlternative --- 1/usr/bin/gij-4.3 +2/usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/jre/bin/java * 3/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.20/bin/java and now Eclipse works like a charm. The Sun's version is actually incompatible in some way with Debian (Lenny, at least). The java-6-sun-1.6.0.20 was already installed, and comes from the non-free depos. But it was not recognized (and interpreted) by update-alternatives. Why? The problem is that I can't deinstall the other one (I see no way, either on Google, or here). It is also in /usr/bin/java. Any idea? Thanks. -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ I use PGP. If there is an incompatibility problem with your mail client, please contact me. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Why is /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12 not recognized in update-alternatives?
On Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:03:35 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: Camaleón wrote: (...) Me neither... maybe it's just an Eclipse issue. Can you launch any other java application and see if that works? Yes, I can, but the result is negative: no other java app works. Ugh... P.S. Also, consider unistalling Sun's java package (the one downloaded from Oracle site) and getting the Sun's java package from Debian non-free repo :-) # apt-get install sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-jre sun-java6-jdk sun-java6-bin Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done sun-java6-jre is already the newest version. sun-java6-jdk is already the newest version. sun-java6-bin is already the newest version. Good news. I looked thoroughly in /usr/lib/jvm, and discovered that there was also a java-6-sun-1.6.0.20 folder, whose bin/ was containing java. I managed to make it default: (...) Glad you finally got it working :-) (...) and now Eclipse works like a charm. The Sun's version is actually incompatible in some way with Debian (Lenny, at least). The java-6-sun-1.6.0.20 was already installed, and comes from the non-free depos. That is what I have, yes. But it was not recognized (and interpreted) by update-alternatives. Why? Dunno, I have no problems at all with the Sun's Java version of Debian repos, but I only got JRE, not the developem branch (JDK) :-? The problem is that I can't deinstall the other one (I see no way, either on Google, or here). It is also in /usr/bin/java. Any idea? This should help, at least for JRE: *** How do I uninstall Java for Linux? http://java.com/en/download/help/linux_uninstall.xml#jre *** It seems that you only have to delete the folder. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.08.15.13.27...@gmail.com
Re: Why is /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12 not recognized in update-alternatives?
Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:03:35 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: Camaleón wrote: (...) Me neither... maybe it's just an Eclipse issue. Can you launch any other java application and see if that works? Yes, I can, but the result is negative: no other java app works. Ugh... P.S. Also, consider unistalling Sun's java package (the one downloaded from Oracle site) and getting the Sun's java package from Debian non-free repo :-) # apt-get install sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-jre sun-java6-jdk sun-java6-bin Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done sun-java6-jre is already the newest version. sun-java6-jdk is already the newest version. sun-java6-bin is already the newest version. Good news. I looked thoroughly in /usr/lib/jvm, and discovered that there was also a java-6-sun-1.6.0.20 folder, whose bin/ was containing java. I managed to make it default: (...) Glad you finally got it working :-) (...) and now Eclipse works like a charm. The Sun's version is actually incompatible in some way with Debian (Lenny, at least). The java-6-sun-1.6.0.20 was already installed, and comes from the non-free depos. That is what I have, yes. But it was not recognized (and interpreted) by update-alternatives. Why? Dunno, I have no problems at all with the Sun's Java version of Debian repos, but I only got JRE, not the developem branch (JDK) :-? The problem is that I can't deinstall the other one (I see no way, either on Google, or here). It is also in /usr/bin/java. Any idea? This should help, at least for JRE: *** How do I uninstall Java for Linux? http://java.com/en/download/help/linux_uninstall.xml#jre *** It seems that you only have to delete the folder. That's what I thought too. Thanks, then. -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ I use PGP. If there is an incompatibility problem with your mail client, please contact me. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Why is /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12 not recognized in update-alternatives?
Camaleón wrote: On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:57:11 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: Camaleón wrote: (...) *** update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12/jre/bin/java 1 *** Thanks for this. And about java-update-alternatives? Is one more prioritary than another? (See my last message, which was apparently not sent.) True is that I was totally unaware about the availability of the command Jordan suggested, so I am as lost as you here O:-) Well, I configured update-alternatives this: == # update-alternatives --config java There are 3 alternatives which provide `java'. SelectionAlternative --- 1/usr/bin/gij-4.3 +2/usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/jre/bin/java * 3/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12/bin/java == Really nice, but Eclipse seems not to like it that much: == A Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or Java Development Kit (JDK) must be available in order to run Eclipse. No Java virtual machine was found after searching the following locations: /home/merciadriluca/eclipse/jre/bin/java java in your current PATH == Why? == $ file /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12/bin/java /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12/bin/java: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.2.5, not stripped == though. -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ I use PGP. If there is an incompatibility problem with your mail client, please contact me. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Why is /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12 not recognized in update-alternatives?
On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:45:31 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: (...) Really nice, but Eclipse seems not to like it that much: == A Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or Java Development Kit (JDK) must be available in order to run Eclipse. No Java virtual machine was found after searching the following locations: /home/merciadriluca/eclipse/jre/bin/java java in your current PATH == Why? It clearly states that Eclipse is looking for the java bin into the wrong place: /home/merciadriluca/eclipse/jre/bin/java Two ideas on how to by-pass this: 1/ If Eclipse has an option to edit the path to the avilable JRE, just change it from there, or just by manually editing /etc/eclipse/ java_home. 2/ Make a symbolic link (ln -s) from your home's Eclipse java path pointing to the current (system-wide) java path. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.08.14.12.21...@gmail.com
Re: Why is /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12 not recognized in update-alternatives?
Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:45:31 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: (...) Really nice, but Eclipse seems not to like it that much: == A Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or Java Development Kit (JDK) must be available in order to run Eclipse. No Java virtual machine was found after searching the following locations: /home/merciadriluca/eclipse/jre/bin/java java in your current PATH == Why? It clearly states that Eclipse is looking for the java bin into the wrong place: /home/merciadriluca/eclipse/jre/bin/java Two ideas on how to by-pass this: 1/ If Eclipse has an option to edit the path to the avilable JRE, just change it from there, or just by manually editing /etc/eclipse/ java_home. 2/ Make a symbolic link (ln -s) from your home's Eclipse java path pointing to the current (system-wide) java path. I've choosen the latter, which then makes == $ eclipse/eclipse Error occurred during initialization of VM java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Object == Why? -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ I use PGP. If there is an incompatibility problem with your mail client, please contact me. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Why is /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12 not recognized in update-alternatives?
On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 15:17:14 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: Camaleón wrote: (...) Two ideas on how to by-pass this: 1/ If Eclipse has an option to edit the path to the avilable JRE, just change it from there, or just by manually editing /etc/eclipse/ java_home. 2/ Make a symbolic link (ln -s) from your home's Eclipse java path pointing to the current (system-wide) java path. I've choosen the latter, which then makes == $ eclipse/eclipse Error occurred during initialization of VM java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Object == Why? He, he... you can also Google a bit, it won't hurt ;-) http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en#hl=enq=eclipse+java%2Flang%2FNoClassDefFoundError%3A+java%2Flang%2FObjectfp=e2910437e368fcc Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.08.14.13.45...@gmail.com
Re: Why is /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12 not recognized in update-alternatives?
Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 15:17:14 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: Camaleón wrote: (...) Two ideas on how to by-pass this: 1/ If Eclipse has an option to edit the path to the avilable JRE, just change it from there, or just by manually editing /etc/eclipse/ java_home. 2/ Make a symbolic link (ln -s) from your home's Eclipse java path pointing to the current (system-wide) java path. I've choosen the latter, which then makes == $ eclipse/eclipse Error occurred during initialization of VM java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Object == Why? He, he... you can also Google a bit, it won't hurt ;-) http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en#hl=enq=eclipse+java%2Flang%2FNoClassDefFoundError%3A+java%2Flang%2FObjectfp=e2910437e368fcc Well, I've no problem with Googling, but I should have mentioned that the aforementioned message appears when launching eclipse. As a result, I can't even see Eclipse's GUI. Results on Google show persons having problems compiling, running/debugging, etc., their files under Eclipse. But I can't run Eclipse! -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ I use PGP. If there is an incompatibility problem with your mail client, please contact me. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Why is /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12 not recognized in update-alternatives?
On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 15:53:02 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: Camaleón wrote: (...) == $ eclipse/eclipse Error occurred during initialization of VM java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Object == Why? He, he... you can also Google a bit, it won't hurt ;-) http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en#hl=enq=eclipse+java%2Flang% 2FNoClassDefFoundError%3A+java%2Flang%2FObjectfp=e2910437e368fcc Well, I've no problem with Googling, but I should have mentioned that the aforementioned message appears when launching eclipse. As a result, I can't even see Eclipse's GUI. Results on Google show persons having problems compiling, running/debugging, etc., their files under Eclipse. But I can't run Eclipse! Can you launch eclipse with some -debug option? Maybe you'll get additonal information. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.08.14.14.24...@gmail.com
Re: Why is /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12 not recognized in update-alternatives?
Camaleón wrote: Can you launch eclipse with some -debug option? Maybe you'll get additonal information. Sure. == $ ./eclipse -debug Start VM: -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5 -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Xms40m -Xmx384m -Djava.class.path=/home/merciadriluca/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.0.v20100507.jar -os linux -ws gtk -arch x86 -showsplash /home/merciadriluca/eclipse//plugins/org.eclipse.platform_3.6.0.v201006080911/splash.bmp -launcher /home/merciadriluca/eclipse/eclipse -name Eclipse --launcher.library /home/merciadriluca/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.gtk.linux.x86_1.1.0.v20100503/eclipse_1307.so -startup /home/merciadriluca/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.0.v20100507.jar -product org.eclipse.epp.package.java.product -debug -vm /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12/bin/../jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so -vmargs -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5 -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Xms40m -Xmx384m -Djava.class.path=/home/merciadriluca/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.0.v20100507.jar Error occurred during initialization of VM java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Object == Nothing interesting there. -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ I use PGP. If there is an incompatibility problem with your mail client, please contact me. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Why is /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12 not recognized in update-alternatives?
On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:00:10 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: Camaleón wrote: Can you launch eclipse with some -debug option? Maybe you'll get additonal information. Sure. == $ ./eclipse -debug (...) -vm /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12/bin/../jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so (...) Error occurred during initialization of VM java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Object == Nothing interesting there. The above path... not sure if it's right. Try by manually forcing the full path to java bin: *** ./eclipse -debug -vm /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12/jre/bin/java *** Also, run which java and put here the output. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.08.14.21.29...@gmail.com
Re: Why is /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12 not recognized in update-alternatives?
On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:45:54 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: Some months ago, I installed a Sun VM and SDK (I think this is so): jdk 1.6.0-12. I think that it was a .bin, and it resulted in the whole being installed at /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12. The problem is that it looks like unrecognized by update-alternatives: # update-alternatives --config java There are 2 alternatives which provide `java'. SelectionAlternative --- 1/usr/bin/gij-4.3 *+2/usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/jre/bin/java Why? I think because you installed the package from outside Debian repos and so it got not recognized inside the whole package database. *** ls -l /etc/alternatives | grep java-6-sun *** If it's not there, I guess it won't be detected/managed by update- alternatives :-? What can I do to make it recognized? Hmmm, by creating a symbolic link in the above dir? But maybe not the better way, though. I would read man update-alternatives to find out. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.08.13.17.15...@gmail.com
Re: Why is /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12 not recognized in update-alternatives?
Camaleón wrote: On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:45:54 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: I think because you installed the package from outside Debian repos and so it got not recognized inside the whole package database. *** ls -l /etc/alternatives | grep java-6-sun *** If it's not there, I guess it won't be detected/managed by update- alternatives :-? Hmmm, by creating a symbolic link in the above dir? But maybe not the better way, though. I would read man update-alternatives to find out. It's there: == # ls -l /etc/alternatives | grep java-6-sun lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 2010-07-23 16:18 appletviewer - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/appletviewer lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2010-07-23 16:18 apt - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/apt lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 2010-07-23 16:18 ControlPanel - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/ControlPanel lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 2010-07-23 16:18 extcheck - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/extcheck lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 41 2010-07-23 16:18 HtmlConverter - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/HtmlConverter lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 2010-07-23 16:18 idlj - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/idlj lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 37 2010-07-23 16:18 jarsigner - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/jarsigner lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 2010-07-23 16:18 javac - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/javac lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 35 2010-07-23 16:18 javadoc - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/javadoc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 2010-07-23 16:18 javah - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/javah lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 2010-07-23 16:18 javap - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/javap lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 2010-07-23 16:18 java-rmi.cgi - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/java-rmi.cgi lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 2010-07-23 16:18 java_vm - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java_vm lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 2010-07-23 16:18 javaws - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/javaws lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 2010-07-23 16:18 jconsole - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/jconsole lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 2010-07-23 16:18 jcontrol - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/jcontrol lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2010-07-23 16:18 jdb - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/jdb lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 37 2010-07-23 16:18 jexec - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/lib/jexec lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 2010-07-23 16:18 jexec-binfmt - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/lib/jar.binfmt lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 2010-07-23 16:18 jhat - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/jhat lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 2010-07-23 16:18 jinfo - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/jinfo lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 2010-07-23 16:18 jmap - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/jmap lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2010-07-23 16:18 jps - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/jps lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 2010-07-23 16:18 jrunscript - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/jrunscript lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 37 2010-07-23 16:18 jsadebugd - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/jsadebugd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 2010-07-23 16:18 jstack - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/jstack lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 2010-07-23 16:18 jstat - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/jstat lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 2010-07-23 16:18 jstatd - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/jstatd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 2010-07-23 16:18 native2ascii - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/native2ascii lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 2010-07-23 16:18 pack200 - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/pack200 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 2010-07-23 16:18 policytool - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/policytool lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 2010-07-23 16:18 rmic - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/rmic lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 37 2010-07-23 16:18 schemagen - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/schemagen lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 2010-07-23 16:18 servertool - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/servertool lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 41 2010-07-23 16:18 tnameserv - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/tnameserv lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 41 2010-07-23 16:18 unpack200 - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/unpack200 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 2010-07-23 16:18 wsgen - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/wsgen lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 2010-07-23 16:18 wsimport - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/wsimport lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2010-07-23 16:18 xjc - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/xjc == -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ I use PGP. If there is an incompatibility problem with your mail client, please contact me. Have no fear of perfection; you'll never reach it. (Salvador Dali) signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Why is /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12 not recognized in update-alternatives?
On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:33:56 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: Camaleón wrote: I think because you installed the package from outside Debian repos and so it got not recognized inside the whole package database. *** ls -l /etc/alternatives | grep java-6-sun *** If it's not there, I guess it won't be detected/managed by update- alternatives :-? Hmmm, by creating a symbolic link in the above dir? But maybe not the better way, though. I would read man update-alternatives to find out. It's there: Sure...? :-P # ls -l /etc/alternatives | grep java-6-sun (...) lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 2010-07-23 16:18 javac - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/javac lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 35 2010-07-23 16:18 javadoc - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/javadoc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 2010-07-23 16:18 javah - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/javah lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 2010-07-23 16:18 javap - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/javap lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 2010-07-23 16:18 java-rmi.cgi - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/java-rmi.cgi lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 2010-07-23 16:18 java_vm - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java_vm lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 2010-07-23 16:18 javaws - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/javaws Let's compare with mine: stt008:~# update-alternatives --config java Hay 3 alternativas que proveen `java'. Selección Alternativa --- 1/usr/bin/gij-4.3 +2/usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/jre/bin/java * 3/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java So, we are looking for *java* alternatives, right? :-) And... s...@stt008:~$ ls -l /etc/alternatives | grep java-6-sun (...) lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 nov 15 2009 java - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 46 nov 15 2009 java.1.gz - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/man/man1/java.1.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 jun 27 12:35 java_vm - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java_vm lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 jun 27 12:35 javaws - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/javaws lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 48 jun 27 12:35 javaws.1.gz - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/man/man1/javaws.1.gz I think the java link is the one you are missing. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.08.13.17.49...@gmail.com
Re: Why is /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12 not recognized in update-alternatives?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Java has a separate alternatives command. It is update-java-alternatives. - -- Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJMZYY3AAoJEKj/C3qNthmTxM0P/1v9E1i/sU0S8WWHo4zECOHQ VcGO6itjPwAoNeDzcdC2Tn9UWjSqo4rS7C0k3HAzHQi/UewBqf+KP7yF+eR+GSHT ZS0tE8KmgQ7Tok8vCvryAP8C5ectnt2r+Gg6KvH1W0Obevz7Be/pLcsOrN+fHtIT kDNmTea8mOAUM/JYJlpmbh1Cug/uRkCZVItiQNtC05ZvSmoMiZaWJ9bwJzhD1AXB EjzMh9kA7Xa4PkPKLMnd7SasvJeRoPFhP3jaUnuyYlR/xo1YiJ8QhCe/YUlFB2W6 eTDCr9qxAztg6WB6JooOqn1OLQKYfX+QWz2mv89dDOY0rRkxwhwdjHQ5LQAQj+Q3 l0+N0ykeRsDzA+QdYu65XQooGQJA/Krvy7tOcTarkzNNdJ7oUy+B+bRAz0L3wqHN iEzBmnYeEryxciG2fIqdn5+S2/CQG7PFwtxCdUWUDgeNNlW+GLM/l+dQQcZpxCUR H9acHRNf+gDe63ULJifg34+UQQq4AdnIa/L+rPokvrm2UiEyXRwv2AWRYUGEAxIp u2YKolUfOA+chLoK8T6PaaLR5qTbceGRGodzgcxpuLW5xcmuDA/3+5lg6g2vXUO+ N2/L00CJIwvsCTg6+o3FmIuA6q/GiSSbIPVdCHImW49FUu6ULCZy+JkSKve7dRLG lQ3/F8/iZrTp7IakoHhy =etxB -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c658637.3050...@gmail.com
Re: Why is /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12 not recognized in update-alternatives?
Well, you're right. But I've found == /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12/jre/bin# ls -al total 756 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-08-29 23:03 . drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 2009-08-29 23:03 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2009-08-29 23:03 ControlPanel - ./jcontrol -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 47308 2009-08-29 23:03 java -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 25634 2009-08-29 23:03 java_vm -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 83856 2009-08-29 23:03 javaws -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6347 2009-08-29 23:03 jcontrol -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 47447 2009-08-29 23:03 keytool -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 47679 2009-08-29 23:03 orbd -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 47515 2009-08-29 23:03 pack200 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 47807 2009-08-29 23:03 policytool -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 47447 2009-08-29 23:03 rmid -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 47447 2009-08-29 23:03 rmiregistry -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 47475 2009-08-29 23:03 servertool -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 47679 2009-08-29 23:03 tnameserv -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 189274 2009-08-29 23:03 unpack200 == What do you suggest now? Camaleón wrote: On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:33:56 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: Camaleón wrote: I think because you installed the package from outside Debian repos and so it got not recognized inside the whole package database. *** ls -l /etc/alternatives | grep java-6-sun *** If it's not there, I guess it won't be detected/managed by update- alternatives :-? Hmmm, by creating a symbolic link in the above dir? But maybe not the better way, though. I would read man update-alternatives to find out. It's there: Sure...? :-P # ls -l /etc/alternatives | grep java-6-sun (...) lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 2010-07-23 16:18 javac - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/javac lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 35 2010-07-23 16:18 javadoc - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/javadoc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 2010-07-23 16:18 javah - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/javah lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 2010-07-23 16:18 javap - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/javap lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 2010-07-23 16:18 java-rmi.cgi - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/java-rmi.cgi lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 2010-07-23 16:18 java_vm - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java_vm lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 2010-07-23 16:18 javaws - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/javaws Let's compare with mine: stt008:~# update-alternatives --config java Hay 3 alternativas que proveen `java'. Selección Alternativa --- 1/usr/bin/gij-4.3 +2/usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/jre/bin/java * 3/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java So, we are looking for *java* alternatives, right? :-) And... s...@stt008:~$ ls -l /etc/alternatives | grep java-6-sun (...) lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 nov 15 2009 java - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 46 nov 15 2009 java.1.gz - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/man/man1/java.1.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 jun 27 12:35 java_vm - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java_vm lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 jun 27 12:35 javaws - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/javaws lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 48 jun 27 12:35 javaws.1.gz - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/man/man1/javaws.1.gz I think the java link is the one you are missing. Greetings, -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ I use PGP. If there is an incompatibility problem with your mail client, please contact me. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Why is /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12 not recognized in update-alternatives?
Jordan Metzmeier wrote: Java has a separate alternatives command. It is update-java-alternatives. # update-java-alternatives -l java-6-sun 63 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun java-gcj 1042 /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj Normal? -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ I use PGP. If there is an incompatibility problem with your mail client, please contact me. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Why is /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12 not recognized in update-alternatives?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 08/13/2010 02:42 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote: Jordan Metzmeier wrote: Java has a separate alternatives command. It is update-java-alternatives. # update-java-alternatives -l java-6-sun 63 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun java-gcj 1042 /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj Normal? Yes, the java alternatives command just groups multiple alternatives into links into basically three categories (sun, gcj, and openjdk). Selecting one should update all java-related alternatives to that implementation. - -- Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJMZZX1AAoJEKj/C3qNthmTrf4P+wbPTOqxuqrSaRS6Y6DMDYyE DJZxyQw2PRmAEXQLY6iKu8TOUU9+zC+dCXZb/FXnfaLQ6ZqxcTj4gmDzVsLB3U7i FtIpIxKQhmUkih2jOIR0rAD2h7c7If9eVvG1/nEDJ5hBcZdDt9r6ChuCuF65lJaW CQpJxwCIR8yvAfk5khikbV7UWTvrX3u/nF+c0ZbgXR2H5nvY9NBwnOADurSszwBj 2frG7kfKYhEgXt5XQrsM6cLDZDS0xQAllVxfYsiCwiFC542sPsIQQ2YvXhpmRFx6 Lz/iTdCM2F+kgqiPb5xEQQcww4xneIioM4nuhNmNEd5FhgEjcrgb3iozwpTB7EmV JEdXBHcD+yHWQcVfIkIwxjmUf4qYrpyK3E6ve92rQoRyFSDWojwwgC0BPSGG+nFC kl/xvuLsDV1UBgrKyX/fo4DH5qaK+fPRZhkcOMdtwwDoqARQ8SanCZCQq5hyQ36/ LbkIMNTi7k99re+bydv8MAHu4nzm5vhi7zN1RkeKxM+CuPxXTl15bybH4cnfcDZ8 Uy3MmrAhRJ1/D1gy9QCaPQbVn+njmYisGj0tLQvHgn8XbV+va3R+3oQC2PZ2GLRb L2V0e51o0/2Vf0jGj5LwMcFsEpHtRm84CmU7E8fdVQ7etHu5T4rsT1c62iqNgD5b fR1NBTdvwvruC44wYnE8 =nSAs -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c6595f6.6070...@gmail.com
Re: Why is /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12 not recognized in update-alternatives?
On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:41:14 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: Well, you're right. But I've found == /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12/jre/bin# ls -al total 756 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-08-29 23:03 . drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 2009-08-29 23:03 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2009-08-29 23:03 ControlPanel - ./jcontrol -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 47308 2009-08-29 23:03 java (...) Sure, Sun's java bin is in your system and you can launch any java application by calling the full path (/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun- java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12/jre/bin/java -jar ...) , is just that update- alternatives cannot auto-link for java -jar ... to your current Sun binary, which was installed from outside. What do you suggest now? If you are asking how to force update-alternatives to detect the installed Sun's Java binary, dunno. No information about this in the man page? :-? Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.08.13.19.08...@gmail.com
Re: Why is /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12 not recognized in update-alternatives?
Camaleón wrote: On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:41:14 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: Well, you're right. But I've found == /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12/jre/bin# ls -al total 756 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-08-29 23:03 . drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 2009-08-29 23:03 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2009-08-29 23:03 ControlPanel - ./jcontrol -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 47308 2009-08-29 23:03 java (...) Sure, Sun's java bin is in your system and you can launch any java application by calling the full path (/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun- java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12/jre/bin/java -jar ...) , is just that update- alternatives cannot auto-link for java -jar ... to your current Sun binary, which was installed from outside. But the main problem is that it (it = Sun's java) is not used by default. Well, I could symlink or edit .bashrc so that it will work with many java calls, but not all. For example, Eclipse (I don't like GUIs/IDEs, but I need for some special things) allows me to configure another JVM, but it looks like it does not use it, even after having choosen it. (I'm getting many strange exceptions from Google's SDK.) What do you suggest now? If you are asking how to force update-alternatives to detect the installed Sun's Java binary, dunno. No information about this in the man page? :-? To detect, I did not find anything. But to set manually a new one, it is possible, but I can't understand the link between update-java-alternatives and update-alternatives. One must be more prioritary than another, and the most prioritary one needs to be set to Sun's one. -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ I use PGP. If there is an incompatibility problem with your mail client, please contact me. Every cloud has a silver lining. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Why is /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12 not recognized in update-alternatives?
On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:26:53 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: Camaleón wrote: (...) No information about this in the man page? :-? To detect, I did not find anything. But to set manually a new one, it is possible, but I can't understand the link between update-java-alternatives and update-alternatives. One must be more prioritary than another, and the most prioritary one needs to be set to Sun's one. By reading this manual: *** http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-customizing.en.html (section 11.10) If a package doesn't register itself as a window manager for some reason (file a bug if it's in error), or if you use a window manager from /usr/ local directory, the selections on screen won't contain your preferred entry. You can update the link through command line options, like this: update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-window-manager x-window-manager /usr/local/bin/wmaker-cvs 50 The first argument to `--install' option is the symlink that points to / etc/alternatives/NAME, where NAME is the second argument. The third argument is the program to which /etc/alternatives/NAME should point to, and the fourth argument is the priority (larger value means the alternative will more probably get picked automatically). *** I would try (disclaimer: not tested, proceed at your own risk :-P) something like: *** update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12/jre/bin/java 1 *** Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.08.13.20.49...@gmail.com
Re: Why is /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12 not recognized in update-alternatives?
Merciadri Luca wrote: 1) My question was about the difference between == # update-alternatives --config java There are 2 alternatives which provide `java'. Selection Alternative --- 1 /usr/bin/gij-4.3 *+ 2 /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/jre/bin/java == and == # update-java-alternatives -l java-6-sun 63 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun java-gcj 1042 /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj == 2) The problem is that my Sun install is under /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12 (which contains bin/, lib/, jre/, etc.). Consequently, update-java-alternatives is wrong: java-6-sun only contains a folder: sun-java6-6-12, which contains jdk1.6.0_12. This is confirmed by == # update-java-alternatives -s java-6-sun No alternatives for firefox-3.0-javaplugin.so. No alternatives for firefox-javaplugin.so. No alternatives for iceape-javaplugin.so. No alternatives for iceweasel-javaplugin.so. No alternatives for midbrowser-javaplugin.so. No alternatives for mozilla-javaplugin.so. No alternatives for xulrunner-1.9-javaplugin.so. No alternatives for xulrunner-javaplugin.so. update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/appletviewer update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/apt update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/extcheck update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/HtmlConverter update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/idlj update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/jarsigner update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/jar update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/javac update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/javadoc update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/javah update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/javap update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/java-rmi.cgi update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/jconsole update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/jdb update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/jhat update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/jinfo update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/jmap update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/jps update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/jrunscript update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/jsadebugd update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/jstack update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/jstatd update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/jstat update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/native2ascii update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/rmic update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/schemagen update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/serialver update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/wsgen update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/wsimport update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/xjc No alternatives for ControlPanel. update-alternatives: Cannot find alternative `/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java'. No alternatives for java_vm. No alternatives for javaws. No alternatives for jcontrol. No alternatives for jexec. update-alternatives: Cannot find alternative `/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/keytool'. update-alternatives: Cannot find alternative `/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/orbd'. No alternatives for pack200. No alternatives for policytool. update-alternatives: Cannot find alternative `/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/rmid'. update-alternatives: Cannot find alternative `/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/rmiregistry'. No alternatives for servertool. update-alternatives: Cannot find alternative `/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/tnameserv'. No alternatives for unpack200. update-java-alternatives: plugin alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so update-java-alternatives: plugin alternative does not exist:
Re: Why is /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12 not recognized in update-alternatives?
Camaleón wrote: On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:26:53 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: (...) By reading this manual: *** http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-customizing.en.html (section 11.10) If a package doesn't register itself as a window manager for some reason (file a bug if it's in error), or if you use a window manager from /usr/ local directory, the selections on screen won't contain your preferred entry. You can update the link through command line options, like this: update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-window-manager x-window-manager /usr/local/bin/wmaker-cvs 50 The first argument to `--install' option is the symlink that points to / etc/alternatives/NAME, where NAME is the second argument. The third argument is the program to which /etc/alternatives/NAME should point to, and the fourth argument is the priority (larger value means the alternative will more probably get picked automatically). *** I would try (disclaimer: not tested, proceed at your own risk :-P) something like: *** update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12/jre/bin/java 1 *** Thanks for this. And about java-update-alternatives? Is one more prioritary than another? (See my last message, which was apparently not sent.) -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ I use PGP. If there is an incompatibility problem with your mail client, please contact me. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Why is /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12 not recognized in update-alternatives?
On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:57:11 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: Camaleón wrote: (...) *** update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12/jre/bin/java 1 *** Thanks for this. And about java-update-alternatives? Is one more prioritary than another? (See my last message, which was apparently not sent.) True is that I was totally unaware about the availability of the command Jordan suggested, so I am as lost as you here O:-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.08.13.21.15...@gmail.com
