Package: jabref
Version: 2.1-1
Hello,
I have at least two forms of "java" installed, both exclusively through
the
official debian package management system (apt in this case). One java
installation is some subset of "gij", the other is the
non-free "sun-java5-jre" which is pulled in as a dependency of "jabref".
Typing "jabref" at the shell prompt results in:
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$ jabref
Importing in unknown format:
Error opening file ''
createDefaultRoot not implemented
fireChangedUpdate not implemented
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at net.sf.jabref.MnemonicAwareAction.putValue(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.AbstractAction.<init>(libgcj.so.7)
at javax.swing.AbstractAction.<init>(libgcj.so.7)
at javax.swing.AbstractAction.<init>(libgcj.so.7)
at net.sf.jabref.MnemonicAwareAction.<init>(Unknown Source)
at net.sf.jabref.imports.OpenDatabaseAction.<init>(Unknown Source)
at net.sf.jabref.JabRefFrame.<init>(Unknown Source)
at net.sf.jabref.JabRef.openWindow(Unknown Source)
at net.sf.jabref.JabRef.<init>(Unknown Source)
at net.sf.jabref.JabRef.main(Unknown Source)
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This is probably because the default java is that supplied with gij:
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$ java --version
java version "1.4.2"
gij (GNU libgcj) version 4.1.2 20060715 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-9)
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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A successful start of JabRef can be achieved by fully specifying the
path to
the "sun-java5-jre" supplied java.
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$ /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/java -jar /usr/share/java/jabref.jar
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This line could be substituted in to the /usr/bin/jabref shell script
to fix
this bug.
On the other hand, I don't know if this is not a full fix: E.g. If
there are
java environmental variables which should be set as well in order to
fully "switch" java versions from gij to sun when running JabRef.
Thanks for your work!
C.
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