Public bug reported: Hi
I made a fresh install today and discovered a bug with java. If you have a .jar file (like josm or sweethome3d) and try to open it from nautilus it doesn't works : It opens file-roller and you can't choose anything else. I had openjdk 8 installed, but with a right click to "Open With", It wasn't proposed. I installed openjdk 7, same problem. I installed openjdk 6 : It worked : Openjdk 6 was proposed. I discovered (thanks to http://askubuntu.com/questions/183086/java-not- recognized-as-default-application) that Openjdk 7 and 8 dont create .desktop files in /usr/share/applications, as Openjdk 6 do (openjdk-6-java.desktop). Here is a part of the result of 'ls /usr/share/applications' command : [...] onboard-settings.desktop openjdk-6-java.desktop openjdk-6-policytool.desktop openjdk-7-policytool.desktop openjdk-8-policytool.desktop orca.desktop [...] I created openjdk-7-java.desktop and openjdk-8-java.desktop and openjdk-default-java.desktop files with openjdk-6-java.desktop as a model (and keeping openjdk 6 icon as 8 doesn't propose any), and used the following command to exec (just to know exactly What I did) : - /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java -jar - /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java -jar - /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java -jar - /usr/bin/java -jar By default, openjdk 6 uses /usr/bin/java -jar. That meens that the Openjdk 6 launcher doesn't launch version 6 but the default version from update-alternatives. If you don't have version 6 installed, by default you can't launch .jar files. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: desktop-file-utils 0.22-1ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-22.22-generic 3.19.8-ckt1 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Jul 14 15:14:14 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-07-14 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=fr_FR PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: desktop-file-utils UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: desktop-file-utils (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: openjdk-6 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug vivid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to desktop-file-utils in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1474379 Title: Openjdk 7 and 8 don't automatically open jar files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/desktop-file-utils/+bug/1474379/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
