For others who get stuck with this in future, here is fix that worked for me:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/435749/cant-start-an-application-as-service-but-running-as-standalone-process-simply On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 9:24 PM, Michael Shuler <mich...@pbandjelly.org>wrote: > On 03/11/2014 08:47 AM, Ken Hancock wrote: > >> See http://www.rudder-project.org/redmine/issues/2941 for the mess that >> has been created regarding java JRE dependencies. >> > > That's a good example of the cluster.. so many thanks to the Oracle legal > department for disallowing redistribution.. > > FWIW, I maintain my own apt repository for oracle-java7-{jre,jdk,etc} > packages. If you want to build proper deb packages for Debian/Ubuntu (I'm > sure there's a similar project for RPM-based distros) (there is also some > sort of Ubuntu PPA that does a similar build, but I don't do random PPAs): > > git clone https://github.com/rraptorr/oracle-java7.git > cd oracle-java7 > sh ./prepare.sh > dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us > > and install the packages in that you want (just the jre, the jdk if you > are building/testing, etc.) > > Throw 'em in an apt repo for installation on many machines :) > > -- > Michael >
