[Bug 1037971] Re: javaws not in PATH after installing icedtea-netx

[Ricardo Correia]

javaws is not added to the path probably due to a bug in update-java-
alternatives (part of the java-common package).

** Also affects: java-common
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  javaws not in PATH after installing icedtea-netx

Status in java-common - Java Base Files:
  New
Status in “icedtea-web” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I installed icedtea-netx to be able to use webstart. After installing,
  webstart exists here: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/javaws however,
  it is not in the PATH and typing "javaws" always tells me to install
  the package mentioned before.

  I expected to be able to execute "javaws" after following to
  instructions printed by the command-not-found helper.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: icedtea-netx 1.2-2ubuntu0.11.10.2 [modified: usr/share/doc/icedtea-netx/changelog.Debian.gz]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-24.40-generic 3.0.38
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-24-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Aug 17 10:21:19 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110201.2)
  SourcePackage: icedtea-web
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-17 (304 days ago)

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