web photo gallery builders in Gnome?

[Dan Martin]

> I hate to sound like more of an ID1OT than I have to, but im 
> a bit lost here
> 
> I downloaded jalbum
> Copied it to /opt
> Ran ./JAlbuminstall.bin
> Got a message that it required a java virtual machine Looked 
> up (under restricted formats) how to install the JDK 
> Downloaded that Installed it according to the instructions 
> Amazingly it appeared to install properly (if at first you do 
> succeed try not to look surprised) (it was my first build in 
> UBUNTU) Tried installing jalbum again Getting an error that 
> says there is no java virtual machine in my path 
> 
> NOW WHAT???
> 
> Sorry for all the questions folks, this learning curve is 
> just a lil steep

Not at all, I've been through the same trouble.  It's not easy stuff.  By
default, Ubuntu has Gnu Classpath set up for "java stuff".  When you install
another Java package (Sun's Java, for as you've done), you need the Sun
"java" binary to be prior to Gnu Classpath's "java" binary in the classpath,
or Gnu Classpath gets called instead of Sun's "java" binary.

I'm willing to bet if you type "java -version" you'll see the GCJ output.  

Two possibilities:  
1) You installed using the extra repositories.
2) You installed by downloading the JDK yourself (perhaps using
java-package).

If you did 1), your environment has probably been set, and you simply need
to log out and back in.  If you did 2), you need to set your environment
manually.  You will need to do something like this:

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-sun/
export PATH=/usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-sun/bin:$PATH

After that, type "java -version", and you should no longer see the Gnu
classpath stuff, but rather the standard Sun output:
java version "1.5.0_05"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_05-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_05-b05, mixed mode, sharing)

-Dan