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From: Haim Ashkenazi <haim@××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Java install question
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 17:15:26
Message-Id: 1134925792.21275.0.camel@parker.babysnakes.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Java install question by Mark Knecht
1 On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 08:56 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 > Is a Java JDK a necessity? I currently have none of the Blackdown
4 > stuff installed and am using sun-jre-bin as it solves a problem with
5 > some drop down menus. However, when I emerge sun-jre-bin I get a set
6 > of messages that aren't comforting:
7 >
8 > --- !targe sym /opt/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.06/lib/i386/client/libjsig.so
9 > --- !targe sym /opt/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.06/javaws/javaws
10 > >>> original instance of package unmerged safely.
11 > * Found no JDK, setting sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.06 as default system VM
12 > javac not found at /opt/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.06/bin/javac or
13 > /opt/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.06/jre/bin/javac
14 > javadoc not found at /opt/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.06/bin/javadoc or
15 > /opt/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.06/jre/bin/javadoc
16 > jar not found at /opt/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.06/bin/jar or
17 > /opt/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.06/jre/bin/jar
18 > rmic not found at /opt/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.06/bin/rmic or
19 > /opt/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.06/jre/bin/rmic
20 > THIS SYSTEM VM IS NOT SUFFICIENT, REQUIRED BINARIES WERE NOT FOUND
21 > System Virtual Machine set
22 > You may want to update your enviroment by running:
23 > "/usr/sbin/env-update && source /etc/profile"
24 > >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache...
25 >
26 >
27 > I get the same messages if I install only the blackdown-jre without
28 > the blackdown-jdk.
29 >
30 > Am I supposed to be installing something else to make the sun-jre
31 > work? (Since the blackdown-jre dowsn't work...)
32 >
33 > mark@dragonfly ~ $ eix blackdown
34 > * dev-java/blackdown-jre
35 > Available versions: *1.3.1-r9 1.4.1-r1 1.4.2.01-r1 1.4.2.02 ~1.4.2.02-r1
36 > Installed: none
37 > Homepage: http://www.blackdown.org
38 > Description: Blackdown Java Runtime Environment 1.4.2.01
39 >
40 > * dev-java/blackdown-jdk
41 > Available versions: 1.3.1-r8 *1.3.1-r10 1.4.1-r1 1.4.2.01-r2
42 > 1.4.2.02 ~1.4.2.03
43 > Installed: none
44 > Homepage: http://www.blackdown.org/
45 > Description: Blackdown Java Development Kit 1.3.1
46 >
47 > * dev-java/blackdown-java3d-bin
48 > Available versions: 1.3.1-r1
49 > Installed: none
50 > Homepage: http://www.blackdown.org
51 > Description: Java 3D Software Development Kit
52 >
53 >
54 > Found 3 matches
55 > mark@dragonfly ~ $ eix sun-jre-bin
56 > * dev-java/sun-jre-bin
57 > Available versions: 1.4.2.09 1.4.2.10 1.5.0.05 1.5.0.06
58 > Installed: 1.5.0.06
59 > Homepage: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/
60 > Description: Sun's J2SE Platform
61 >
62 >
63 > Found 1 matches
64 > mark@dragonfly ~ $
65 >
66 > Thanks,
67 > Mark
68 >
69
70 I think you should install the JDK or disable java in your USE flags.
71
72 Bye
73 --
74 Haim

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