The commands you propose works because you set/changed environment variables (PATH, JAVA_HOME). But for every other user (including system users) these normally do not work (you could say that there is /etc/environment but there is no policy forcing a program to use it).
In general, one reason why package management system were introduced, was to get rid of configuration scripts which waste time and power by checks, like where is software xyz installed, how can I call it, does it support a specific feature etc. If you run a ./configuration script for every package on your system, you would notice how long it takes. As I wrote in the first answer, you are free of installing a dummy package to avoid installing any java package. But do not assume, that everything continues to work as expected. The idea of using a package manager is to have in all cases a consistent system, and this can not be guaranteed if custom software installations are used as default. I additionally wrote, that pdftk depends heavily on libgcj, and can therefore not use any other java installation. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/712132 Title: Java Package Dependencies To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pdftk/+bug/712132/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
