On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 07:43:37AM +0200, Sandro Tosi wrote: > Package: eclipse > Version: 3.2.2-5 > Severity: important > > Hello, > eclipse fails to start since it misses a JRE/JDK, but: > > # apt-get install eclipse > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > eclipse is already the newest version. > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 32 not upgraded. > > # apt-show-versions eclipse > eclipse/unstable uptodate 3.2.2-5 > > so no Depends is missing here, but anyway I got: > > A Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or Java Development Kit (JDK) > must be available in order to run Eclipse. No Java virtual machine > was found after searching the following locations: > /usr/lib/j2sdk1.4-sun/bin/java > > in a box at startup, and in a terminal this: > > searching for compatible vm... > testing /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-icedtea...not found > testing /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj...not found > testing /usr/lib/kaffe/pthreads...not found > testing /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun...not found > testing /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun...not found > testing /usr/lib/j2se/1.5...not found > testing /usr/lib/j2se/1.4...not found > testing /usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-ibm...not found > testing /usr/lib/j2sdk1.4-ibm...not found > testing /usr/lib/j2sdk1.6-sun...not found > testing /usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-sun...not found > testing /usr/lib/j2sdk1.4-sun...not found
What package satisfying java1-runtime or java2-runtime have you actually installed? > Could not create /usr/local/lib/eclipse/.eclipseextension. Please run as > root: > touch /usr/local/lib/eclipse/.eclipseextension > chmod 2775 /usr/local/lib/eclipse/.eclipseextension > chown root:staff /usr/local/lib/eclipse/.eclipseextension > > Moreover, why should I run some commands as root to use a users' tool? > Shouldn't it be done in postint when installing the package? Thats right. I wonder why I don't get that. I will investigate that. Cheers, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]