Java on ubuntu

[Alfred Vahau]

Hi,
I've checked the name of the file and it is correct as I had it. Also 
java-common package is installed.
I also tried running fakeroot on j2re-1_4_2_10-linux-i586.bin without 
success.

In the GNU_BUILD command, changing i386 to i586 too was unsuccessful. I 
can use the default java path
but I also want to access the compiler and this currently is not on the 
default path.

In the /etc/profile, the the path is set as follows:

PATH=/usr/local/jdk1.5.0_06:$PATH
export PATH

That hasn't changed the default java setting and I am really out of 
ideas now. What worked readily in Warty after
assistance from this list now cannot be applied readily Breezy to set 
the correct environment for Java and I am really out of
luck at this stage. There is another reply to this topic so I'll check 
it out but I am on a slow network
so making progress is slow.

Will hang on though.

Alfred,

kareem shabazz wrote:

> I've found that for the Java installation to work using fakeroot from 
> the instructions in RestrictedFormats wiki page, the java bin name 
> must be exactly as it is written in the wiki -- u look like u have the 
> right name; did you install java-commons package also?
>
> On 4/25/06, Alfred Vahau < Alf.Vahau at upng.ac.pg 
> <mailto:Alf.Vahau at upng.ac.pg>> wrote:
>
>     Interestingly I had this java issue on Ubuntu Warty almost a year
>     ago. But with the help of this list, I was able to set up the java
>     environment correctly and was pleased with the results. Then I
>     received my Breezy CDs and had it installed on another PC. The
>     same issue of the correct java environment came up again. I
>     thought that based on my experience from Warty I could applied
>     some of it to sort my problem out. Alas,
>
>     I find that I can't get fakeroot to convert the
>     jdk-1_5_0_06-linux-i586.bin to a deb package so I can install java
>     using dpkg - command.
>     As suggested in the wiki, I tried
>
>     DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE=i386-linux fakeroot make-jpkg
>     jdk-1_5_0_06-linux-i596.bin
>     and still it is unsuccessful.
>
>     The default java command from the output of the
>     'update-alternatives --config java' command is:
>
>     /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/bin/java.
>
>     There are no alternatives for the javac command.
>
>     Now I had installed java manually under /usr/local and set my
>     JAVA_HOME environment
>     to point to /usr/local/jdk1.5.0_06
>
>     This still does not have any effect. i.e I cannot get it to point
>     to /usr/local/jkd1.5.0_06/bin/java.
>
>     If I set the javac alternatives from the /etc directory, the
>     system tells me that there are
>     no alternatives for javac.
>
>     So I in fact have two problems:
>
>     1. I cannot install java using the Debian way i.e using fakeroot
>
>     2. I cannot get the system to point to the manually installed java
>     directory even after the correct environment is set.
>
>     It seems that the default Ubuntu installation has precedence over
>     the manual installation.
>
>     I have downloaded the eclipse software which I am trying to test
>     on the platform but so far there is no correct
>     java environment to enable the testing.
>
>     The wiki on java is of some help but unfortunately could not work
>     readily for my case although some of the problems
>     described there applied to my system.
>
>     Some input on these would help sort the problem out as was the
>     case when I used Warty.
>
>     By the way, all the java files are downloaded from the Sun site.
>
>     Alfred Vahau
>
>
>     Erik Jakobsen wrote:
>
>>kareem shabazz wrote:
>>
>>  
>>
>>>Check out this link:
>>>
>>>https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RestrictedFormats#head-0a52a913dd6107958d0de0b4110e9228200cb677
>>> <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RestrictedFormats#head-0a52a913dd6107958d0de0b4110e9228200cb677>
>>>
>>>On 4/25/06, *Erik Jakobsen* <eja at urbakken.dk <mailto:eja at urbakken.dk> 
>>><mailto:eja at urbakken.dk>>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>    Hi.
>>>
>>>    How do I install java on my ubuntu 5.10 i386?
>>>
>>>    Erik Jakobsen
>>>
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>>>    
>>>
>>Thank you Kareem
>>
>>Erik
>>
>>  
>>
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