Re: [Orgmode] Re: DiTAA error under Ubuntu

[Eric S Fraga]

At Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:04:04 +0200,
Sébastien Vauban wrote:
> 
> Nick, Eric,
> 
> Sorry for answering late -- while you were prompt at replying. Have been out
> for one day.

[...]

> Here is the situation of Java-related packages on my system so far:
> 

[...]

> p   openjdk-6-dbg                   - Java runtime based on OpenJDK 
> (debugging symbols)
> p   openjdk-6-demo                  - Java runtime based on OpenJDK (demos 
> and examples)
> p   openjdk-6-doc                   - OpenJDK Development Kit (JDK) 
> documentation
> p   openjdk-6-jdk                   - OpenJDK Development Kit (JDK)
> p   openjdk-6-jre                   - OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot JIT
> p   openjdk-6-jre-zero              - Alternatve JVM for OpenJDK, using 
> Zero/Shark
> p   openjdk-6-source                - OpenJDK Development Kit (JDK) source 
> files
> p   openjdk-6-source-files          - OpenJDK 6 source files (used as a build 
> dependency)

[...]

> p   sun-java6-demo                  - Sun Java(TM) Development Kit (JDK) 6 
> demos and examples
> p   sun-java6-doc                   - Sun JDK(TM) Documention -- integration 
> installer
> p   sun-java6-fonts                 - Lucida TrueType fonts (from the Sun JRE)
> p   sun-java6-javadb                - Java(TM) DB, Sun Microsystems' 
> distribution of Apache Derby
> p   sun-java6-jdk                   - Sun Java(TM) Development Kit (JDK) 6
> p   sun-java6-jre                   - Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment (JRE) 
> 6 (architecture independent f
> p   sun-java6-plugin                - The Java(TM) Plug-in, Java SE 6
> p   sun-java6-source                - Sun Java(TM) Development Kit (JDK) 6 
> source files

Is there any reason you do not wish to install either of openjdk or
sun-java?  The gnu java implementation is (I believe -- I could be
horridly out of date on this) still not complete, especially with
respect to AWT.  My recommendation would be to install either
openjdk-6 (which Nick I believe is using and works) or sun-java6
(which I am using and works).

> For the records:
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> > which java
> /usr/bin/java
> 
> > ls -lia /usr/bin/java
> 94778 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Aug  6 15:28 /usr/bin/java -> 
> /etc/alternatives/java*
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Best is to do:

update-alternatives --display java

which will list the alternatives installed for that command as well as
tell you the default.  For me:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ update-alternatives --display java
java - manual mode
 link currently points to /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java
/usr/bin/gij-4.3 - priority 43
/usr/bin/gij-wrapper-4.0 - priority 40
 slave java.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/gij-wrapper-4.0.1.gz
/usr/bin/gij-wrapper-4.1 - priority 41
/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java - priority 63
 slave java.1.gz: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/man/man1/java.1.gz
/usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/jre/bin/java - priority 1043
 slave java.1.gz: /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/man/man1/java.1.gz
Current `best' version is /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/jre/bin/java.
$
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

so my default Java is the one from Sun, version 6.

> What do you advise me to do?  Installing another well-chosen
> package?

Yes, my recommendation would indeed be to install one of openjdk or
sun-java.