It's perhaps also worth noting that dpkg has a --force-overwrite option, which would allow you to have the older J installed and have the newer J package only overwrite the files that it replaces.
This is not the ideal approach, but might help you move forward with the existing packages? Thanks, -- Raul On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 12:20 PM Bill Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > > I tried to install J9.01 over J8.07 on Debian Stretch following the Debian > instructions, and I got > > root@here:/home/me/bin# dpkg -i j901_amd64.deb > > (Reading database ... 366466 files and directories currently installed.) > > Preparing to unpack j901_amd64.deb ... > > Unpacking jlang (9.01) over (8.07) ... > > dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory > > '/usr/share/j/8.07/addons/ide': Directory not empty > > dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/usr/share/j/8.07/addons': > > Directory not empty > > dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/usr/share/j/8.07': > > Directory not empty > > Setting up jlang (9.01) ... > > root@ here:/home/me/bin# exit > > exit > > > So you can't install in parallel anymore, it seems. > > I quit an open jqt 8.07 session, tried again, and it seemed to work. > ijconsole must be using a previous alias, and it works: > > ~/bin$ ijconsole > 9!:14 '' > j901/j64/linux/release-c/commercial/www.jsoftware.com/2020-01-11T10:39:00 > > Then I followed the instructions to install all addons. At the end, it > said, > > Done. > Addons are up to date. > Restart J to get the latest version of the base library. > exit'' > root@here:/home/me/bin# ijconsole > 9!:14'' > j901/j64/linux/release-c/commercial/www.jsoftware.com/2020-01-11T10:39:00 > install 'base' > Updating server catalog... > > exit'' > > Then i tried jqt: > > ~/bin$ jqt > Load library libj.so.8.07 failed. > me@here:~/bin$ ls -l /usr/bin/jqt > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 May 7 2019 /usr/bin/jqt -> /etc/alternatives/jqt > me@here:~/bin$ ls -l /etc/alternatives/jqt > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 May 7 2019 /etc/alternatives/jqt -> > /usr/bin/jqt-8.07 > > I'm not familiar with the /etc/alternatives hierarchy nor who writes to it > (except 8.07 apparently did and 9.01 may not have). > > Any tips from this point? > > Thanks, > > Bill > > PS: I also tried jhs according to > https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Guides/JHS/Install: > > ~/bin$ jhs > bash: jhs: command not found > > Perhaps these problems are related? > -- > Bill Harris > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
