Public bug reported: the apt-* tools thinks the command 'jar' can be found in the openjdk-7-jdk package...
moses@deunan:~$ jar The program 'jar' can be found in the following packages: * openjdk-6-jdk * fastjar * gcj-4.4-jdk * gcj-4.6-jdk * gcj-4.5-jdk * openjdk-7-jdk Try: sudo apt-get install <selected package> ... but it does not get added to the normal $PATH when installed. moses@deunan:~$ sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk openjdk-7-jdk is already the newest version. moses@deunan:~$ which jar || echo "** not found" ** not found moses@deunan:~$ dpkg -L openjdk-7-jdk |grep /jar$ /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-i386/bin/jar ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: openjdk-7-jdk 7~b147-2.0-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-15.26-generic-pae 3.0.13 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-15-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Jan 25 16:16:16 2012 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: openjdk-7 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-14 (103 days ago) ** Affects: openjdk-7 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 oneiric -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/921831 Title: command 'jar' is missing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-7/+bug/921831/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs