[ubuntu-za] Installing Java on 8.04 LTS

[Louis van der Merwe]

2009/1/15 Alf Stockton <alf at stockton.co.za>:
> Louis van der Merwe wrote:
>> 8<
>> .......snip.....
>>
>> Hi Alf,
>>
>> Something sounds really screwy with your java installation.
>>
>> what are the results of ls /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin?
>>
> ls /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin
> amd64  keytool  klist  orbd     policytool  rmiregistry  tnameserv
> java   kinit    ktab   pack200  rmid        servertool   unpack200
>
>  > .....snip.....
> and which jar still returns nothing.
>
> and Trac+ web site is at http://www.trackplus.com
> and the documentation I read says:-
>   Install JDK 1.5. or JDK 1.6.
>
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try installing the development kit alf,

sudo apt-get install sun-java5-jdk

that should solve the problem, what you've installed is just the
runtime, which is fine, the difference is that in the jre, jar resides
in /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin

update-java-alternatives is obviously looking for the JDK

please let us know if it fixes the problem for you.

regards

Louis