Public bug reported:
I did not file this bug against a package as it seems to be more like an
infra-structure problem.
If I install the Sun Java Developer Kit ('sun-java6-jdk') it gets
installed in '/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun'. Most 3rd party applications look
for this in '/usr/lib/jvm/default-java'. The standard solution is to
create a symbolic link from '/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun' to
'/usr/lib/jvm/default-java'. This is, however, not done automatically
unless I install the 'default-jdk' package which installs the
'openjdk-6-jdk' package. So, if I only want the Sun JDK I have to
manually create the symlink. This link does not seem to be create by
'sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-6-sun' unless I install the
'default-jdk' package.
Okay, this description was a bit convoluted, but the problem itself
seems to be rather convoluted. I would have expected the following
behavior:
* When I install _any_ JDK the corresponding '/usr/lib/jvm/default-
java' if it does not already exist.
* When I run 'sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-6-sun' I would
expect '/usr/lib/jvm/default-java' to be created even if I don't have
the 'default-jdk' package installed.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Default Java paths aren't set up by default
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/518948
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