Success - jPodder V1.1

[Derek Broughton]

Dave M wrote:

> Ubuntu v6.06, here is what I tried:
> 
> - Download jPodder to:
> ~/jPodder/V11/jPodder-1.1-Linux.jar
> 
> - Add the Multiverse repository to Synaptic:
> Open Synaptic and click: settings/repositories/Ubuntu 6.06LTS
> (binary)/Edit Check "Non-free (Multiverse)"
> Click: OK/Close/Reload
> 
> - Install sun-java5-bin and sun-java5-jre:
> Check sun-java5-bin and sun-java5-jre.

FYI, they're co-dependent, so you only really need to choose one.

> Open console. Click: Applications/Accessories/Terminal
> Enter command:
> /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.06/jre/bin/java -jar
> ~/jPodder/V11/jPodder-1.1-Linux.jar

You like to type :-) If you couldn't have just used:
 java -jar ~/jPodder/V11/jPodder-1.1-Linux.jar
that would have been the first clue that there was a problem.

> - Run jPodder:
> $ ./jPodder-1.1/bin/jpodder
... 
> Looks like the wrong version of java?
> $ java -version
> java version "1.4.2"
> 
> But I just installed v1.5? So I tried:
> $ /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.06/jre/bin/java -version
> java version "1.5.0_06"
... 
> It looks like I may have two versions installed but I do not see the 1.4
> version in synaptic. Maybe gij? So I removed gij.

Always my first choice!  gij/gcj are a mockery.  I understand that people
don't like to be held over a barrel by Sun, but a partial VM isn't a useful
replacement for Sun's java.

The simple fix to your problem would have been "update-java-alternatives". 
The other option is often setting the JAVA_HOME environment variable.
-- 
derek