On Saturday 11 August 2007 00:09, Marc Shapiro wrote: > I just realized that java is no longer functioning on my up-to-date Etch > system. I had installed Sun Java using java-package and it had been > working at the time. I don't run java all that much, so I don't know > just when it stopped working, but it is not working now. I have used > the test on Sun's site and it does not find my installation. JAVA_HOME > had been set to /usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-sun. When Sun's own site could not > find my installation I decided that it was time to uninstall and > reinstall fresh. I ran: > > aptitude remove sun_j2sdk1.5 > > aptitude suggested installing what appears to be Debian java packages to > replace the Sun package. I agreed and the installation seemed to go > smoothly, but I am still unable to run java packages, from Sun's site, > or others. Do I need a plugin of some sort? When I tried to install > sun-java5-plugin aptitude wanted to install Iceweasle. Since I am > happily running Firefox 2.0 I do not want to install Iceweasle. How do > I get around this? > > Can someone tell me what I might be missing, or point me in the right > direction? > > -- > Marc Shapiro > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------- try removing any debian packages with 'gcj' as part of the name for examplegcj; or any app named something-gcj. I ahve run into some conflicts with that recently. If that fixes the problem then there is most likely a bug in gcj, which I have not reported, since I was not certain it existed. -- John W. Foster
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