For all things java on Ubuntu, adding the WebUpd8 repo is pretty darn handy: https://askubuntu.com/questions/521145/how-to-install-oracle-java-on-ubuntu-14-04
This will eliminate the pain of futzing with the Oracle installation instructions. On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 9:06 PM John Jason Jordan <joh...@comcast.net> wrote: > On Sun, 12 Apr 2015 19:07:19 -0700 > King Beowulf <kingbeow...@gmail.com> dijo: > > >The Java 7 (either jre or jdk) that comes with your distro should work > >fine. I'm running on that is older than yours: > > > >$ java -version > >java version "1.7.0_71" > >Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_71-b14) > >Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.71-b01, mixed mode) > > > >$ java -jar FlashPAP.jar > >Program started. > > > >The GUI pops up although I don't have the hardware to test > >functionality. > > > >Your issue is not your Java version, but XUbuntu screwed up something > >so that the jar file can't find the version string. You may also have a > >64/32 bit issue - depending on which java runtime architecture you > >installed, Try : > > > >java -d32 -jar FlashPAP.jar > >java -d64 -jar FlashPAP.jar > > > >or try forcing the version from the "java -version" build string: > > > >$ java -version:"1.7.0_71-b14" -jar FlashPAP.jar > > I tried 32 and 64 bit and 64-bit worked (although it still pops up the > error message about the version), and 32-bit failed. I tried to use > your version: command, but couldn't get the version label correct to > match what I have. > > But what is exceptionally helpful is that you got the program to run > with your Java, which is older than mine. I think I can now safely > forget about installing more/different/newer Javas. > > It is entirely possible that the problem lies with Ubuntu, but bear in > mind that the person who wrote the app is an amateur who wrote it on > Windows and just assumed that it should run on other platforms because > it is Java. He never tried it on any other computers. He has already > had feedback from other users revealing other bugs. If it's possible > that the problem is in his Java code I would rate that as a more likely > source of the problem. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug