kim

Hello,

looking for some pointers on installing jdk, as per the software page(http://dev.www.reprap.org/bin/view/Main/RepRapLinuxSoftware) i tried the following.

harlequin@piglet-ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install sun-java5-jdk

which appeared to work fine(AFAIK), but i got stalled on the next line of the manual with:

harlequin@piglet-ubuntu:~$ sudo update-java-alternatives --set java-5-sun
update-java-alternatives: directory does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-5-sun

although checking the notes at the bottom of the page i tried

harlequin@piglet-ubuntu:~$ sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-1.5.0-sun
No alternatives for xulrunner-addons-javaplugin.so.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/appletviewer' to provide 'appletviewer'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/apt' to provide 'apt'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/extcheck' to provide 'extcheck'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/HtmlConverter' to provide 'HtmlConverter'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/idlj' to provide 'idlj'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/jarsigner' to provide 'jarsigner'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/jar' to provide 'jar'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/javac' to provide 'javac'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/javadoc' to provide 'javadoc'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/javah' to provide 'javah'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/javap' to provide 'javap'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/java-rmi.cgi' to provide 'java-rmi.cgi'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/jconsole' to provide 'jconsole'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/jdb' to provide 'jdb'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/jinfo' to provide 'jinfo'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/jmap' to provide 'jmap'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/jps' to provide 'jps'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/jsadebugd' to provide 'jsadebugd'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/jstack' to provide 'jstack'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/jstatd' to provide 'jstatd'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/jstat' to provide 'jstat'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/native2ascii' to provide 'native2ascii'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/rmic' to provide 'rmic'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/serialver' to provide 'serialver'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/ControlPanel' to provide 'ControlPanel'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/java' to provide 'java'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/java_vm' to provide 'java_vm'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/javaws' to provide 'javaws'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/keytool' to provide 'keytool'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/orbd' to provide 'orbd'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/pack200' to provide 'pack200'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/policytool' to provide 'policytool'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/rmid' to provide 'rmid'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/rmiregistry' to provide 'rmiregistry'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/servertool' to provide 'servertool'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/tnameserv' to provide 'tnameserv'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/unpack200' to provide 'unpack200'.
No alternatives for xulrunner-addons-javaplugin.so.

but this doesnt appear to do what is required? and further command al la java3d packages won't install, any further suggestions?

kim

It looks to me like you did the right thing with update-java-alternatives. What does it seem to do wrong?

Could you provide details on the java3d package install issues?

Hi Kim,

If you type
sudo update-java-alternatives --list

then it will tell you what java JDK/JREs are available.

This is what I get on my PC:

davidr@bender:~$ sudo update-java-alternatives --list
java-6-openjdk 1061 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk
java-6-sun 63 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun
davidr@bender:~$

I have 2 javas installed: java-6-openjdk and java-6-sun. I can then select which one using
sudo update-java-alternatives java-6-openjdk
OR
sudo update-java-alternatives java-6-sun

If you do the same, you *should* see something like java-5-sun, or java-1.5.0-sun - anything with '5' and 'sun'. Try typing

sudo update-java-alternatives

If that doesn't work, or there is no java 5 sun package, try re-running the install java line.

DaveR

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/15/2008 02:31AM by DaveR.