Re: compiling java package on linux

[Michael Goffioul]

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Tom Pistor <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello?
>
> Regarding:
>
> http://www-old.cae.wisc.edu/pipermail/help-octave/2009-November/016735.html
>
> I have had the same issue on opensuse 11.2 64 bit - I just downloaded the
> latest java-1.2.6 and it doesn't compile.
>
> In the past I had to use the symbolic link to fix the jvm (expected 'client'
> jvm and not server). But now, it seems there are issues with the __java__.cc
> having issues with std::cerr and idx_vector::capacity()
>
>> Michael Goffioul-2 wrote:
>
>>
>
>> This is fixed in SVN. But there's been any new package release
>
>> yet. However, you can grab the __java__.cc source file by browsing
>
>> the source repository and update your package archive with it.
>
>>
>
>> Michael.
>
> I'm not sure how to do this....shouldn't this be the same as the latest
> version of java package 1.2.6?

No it has been updated. Grab the file from here:
http://octave.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/octave/trunk/octave-forge/extra/java/src/

Then unpack the java package, replace the existing __java__.cc
with the one you downloaded, repack the java package, then try
to install it using "pkg" in octave.

Michael.