[SOLVED] -bash error after Java installation (debian 8 jessie)

The_Engineer_ · 04-13-2017, 03:03 PM

Hello there!

I installed Java 8 with this instructions (https://debian-blog.org/java-8-installieren) a few days ago.

Now, when i login through putty, i get this error messages:

-bash: id: command not found
-bash: [: : integer expression expected
-bash: dircolors: command not found
-bash: mesg: command not found

can you help me ?

r3sistance · 04-13-2017, 04:25 PM

Does this happen with all users or just one user? If you only have one user, try creating another user and cross comparing. It'd help figure out if it is something related to the specific user or to the system overall. Have you confirmed if other shells are also affected such as dash for example.

Habitual · 04-13-2017, 05:40 PM

in terminal, issue

Code:

bash --norc

and if there's no further error message, then have a look at ~/.bashrc, or possibly ~/.profile

Once you have found this code (looks like a compound function) and edited it, or commented...
just issue

Code:

source ~/.bashrc # or
source ~/.profile

and verify.

The_Engineer_ · 04-14-2017, 09:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by r3sistance

Does this happen with all users or just one user? If you only have one user, try creating another user and cross comparing. It'd help figure out if it is something related to the specific user or to the system overall. Have you confirmed if other shells are also affected such as dash for example.

It happens with all users

Shadow_7 · 04-14-2017, 10:01 AM

That's an ubuntu ppa. Not exactly compatible with debian.

You might try java-package to make a compatible .deb from the oracle tarball via make-jpkg.

The_Engineer_ · 04-14-2017, 10:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Habitual

in terminal, issue

Code:

bash --norc

and if there's no further error message, then have a look at ~/.bashrc, or possibly ~/.profile

Once you have found this code (looks like a compound function) and edited it, or commented...
just issue

Code:

source ~/.bashrc # or
source ~/.profile

and verify.

well, i think i did something wrong ... when i connect to the server putty shuts down after 5 seconds

pan64 · 04-14-2017, 10:41 AM

yes, because either .bashrc or .profile (or some other file) was damaged during install. You must not install ubuntu packages on debian.
you need to find which file was changed during install, probably you can check their time and fix them...

Habitual · 04-14-2017, 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_Engineer_

well, i think i did something wrong ... when i connect to the server putty shuts down after 5 seconds

Please describe the elements of this connection to the server using putty.
Specifically, who is "connecting" to the server using putty? User, root, other_with_privs?
How is the connection being made? Key or password?
Without details, it's guessing.

The_Engineer_ · 04-14-2017, 05:18 PM

Thanks all for your help but i don't have the time to figure out what the problem is.
I already set up a new debian 8 server which works fine.

Habitual · 04-14-2017, 05:33 PM

Glad it worked out.