Java 1.6 for Debian

The Java 1.6 binary is available from Sun.

Upon trying my old-fashioned way of installing it, I discovered an error in the execution of make-jpkg. It just told me that a plugin was missing and died. I imagine there will be an update to java-package soon.

So I followed this howto instead, installing the JRE instead of the JDK. After banging my head against the keyboard a while I did get it working on my 64-bit system. I had too many problems (primarily due to my own incompetence) to include a short howto here, but I have a couple 32-bit systems to get it on, and by then I may be able to add some helpful tips.

The 64-bit installation still does not include a mozilla plugin. Not sure why that is such a problem, but I imagine there are good reasons. Konqueror, works for Java applets, and my other regularly used Java apps didn't have any problems.

Use synaptic/ aptget. There are deb packages for this, I have used them.

fogcat

Not for version 1.6, you haven't

sun-java6 is in Sid at least for i86.

Did apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-bin sun-java6-plugin

Then ran update-alternatives --config java

It showed:
There are 2 alternatives which provide `java'.

Selection Alternative
-----------------------------------------------
* 1 /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/java
+ 2 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java

Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number: 2
Using `/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java' to provide `java'.

root@craigevil:/home/craig# java -version
java version "1.6.0"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0-b105)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0-b105, mixed mode, sharing)

I then tried running Frostwire and Azureus and they both worked just fine.

The first time I tried using java6 I stupidly uninstalled java5 first and had problems, since neither Frostwire or Azureus would run and java -version didn't show anything.

Actually seems a tad bit faster in Iceweasel when it comes to loading applets.

Oops. I stand corrected. I thought it was still a beta at Sun. I had a problem getting it to work with Iceweasel on my laptop. Worked fine on the 32-bit desktop. Guess I'll try the Sid version.

My repos are:

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free

deb http://ftp.debian-unofficial.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free restricted
deb-src http://ftp.debian-unofficial.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free restricted

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free

deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch main
deb-src http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch main

deb http://getswiftfox.com/builds/debian unstable non-free

I installed 'sun-java6-jre sun-java6-bin sun-java6-plugin' with Synaptic. These are my results [I've always had a difficult time with java in Debian but not in other distros]:

:~# update-alternatives --config java

There is only 1 program which provides java
(/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java). Nothing to configure.
:~# java -version
-su: java: command not found

I then did what has worked in the past which I got from rickh's How To for Sun-java 1.5:

:~# ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun /usr/lib/java
ln: creating symbolic link `/usr/lib/java/java-6-sun' to `/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun': File exists
:~# nano /etc/profile

and edited '/etc/profile' to read:


# /etc/profile: system-wide .profile file for the Bourne shell (sh(1))
# and Bourne compatible shells (bash(1), ksh(1), ash(1), ...).

if [ "`id -u`" -eq 0 ]; then
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
else
PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games"
fi

if [ "$PS1" ]; then
if [ "$BASH" ]; then
PS1='\u@\h:\w\$ '
else
if [ "`id -u`" -eq 0 ]; then
PS1='# '
else
PS1='$ '
fi
fi
fi

export PATH

JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/java"
export JAVA_HOME

umask 022


and I still get the same results:

:~# cd /usr/lib/java
:/usr/lib/java# ls
java-6-sun
:/usr/lib/java# update-alternatives --config java

There is only 1 program which provides java
(/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java). Nothing to configure.
:/usr/lib/java# java -version
-su: java: command not found

So what did I do wrong???

Also see:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=530790

Try:

# update-alternatives --auto java

Originally Posted by rickh Try: # update-alternatives --auto java

Thanks rickh. Before I got to your post I had reinstalled 'sun-java5-bin' to go with already installed 'sun-java6-bin sun-java6-plugin azureus' all with Synaptic. As well as having previously created link:

ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun /usr/lib/java

and adding lines:

export PATH

JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/java"
export JAVA_HOME

umask 022

to replace:

export PATH


umask 022

in '/etc/profile'. Now I'm getting results:

:~# update-alternatives --auto java
:~# update-alternatives --config java

There are 2 alternatives which provide `java'.

Selection Alternative
-----------------------------------------------
*+ 1 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java
2 /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/java

Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number:
:~# java -version
java version "1.6.0"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0-b105)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0-b105, mixed mode, sharing)

However azureus still won't open. I don't have Frostwire in my repos, is there a repo with it? When I try to open Azureus from cli I still get same error:

:/usr/bin# ./azureus
./azureus: line 3: /usr/share/java-config/libswt-3.2-java: No such file or directory

I'll reboot and see if that does the trick. Any other ideas to get Azureus to work? Is this a BUG? libswt-3.2-java is not found by 'apt-cache search'. 'apt-cache search libswt'results in:

libswt-gnome-gtk-3.2-jni - Standard Widget Toolkit for GTK Gnome JNI library
libswt-gtk-3.2 - Standard Widget Toolkit for GTK native library
libswt-gtk-3.2-java - Standard Widget Toolkit for GTK Java library
libswt-gtk-3.2-jni - Standard Widget Toolkit for GTK JNI library
libswt-gtk-dev - Standard Widget Toolkit for GTK development
libswt-mozilla-gtk-3.2 - Standard Widget Toolkit for GTK Mozilla Java library
libswt-mozilla-gtk-3.2-jni - Standard Widget Toolkit for GTK Mozilla JNI library
libswt-mozilla-gtk-dev - Standard Widget Toolkit for GTK Mozilla JNI library
libswt3.2-gtk-gcj - Fast and rich GUI toolkit for Java, gtk2 (GCJ version)
libswt3.2-gtk-java - Fast and rich GUI toolkit for Java, gtk2 version
libswt3.2-gtk-jni - Platform dependent files for libswt3.2-gtk-java

I have 'libswt-gtk-3.2-java libswt-gtk-3.2-jni' installed. I use KDE Desktop. I'm wondering if I need to maybe install some Gnome apps but wouldn't they have been installed by default when I installed Etch as it installs ONLY Gnome Desktop and I had to add KDE after install???

Well I rebooted and Azureus still won't open. I obviously have java:

:~$ java -version
java version "1.6.0"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0-b105)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0-b105, mixed mode, sharing)
:~# update-alternatives --config java

There are 2 alternatives which provide `java'.

Selection Alternative
-----------------------------------------------
*+ 1 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java
2 /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/java

Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number: 1
Using `/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java' to provide `java'.
:~# java -version
java version "1.6.0"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0-b105)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0-b105, mixed mode, sharing)

So the problem must be here:

:/usr/bin# ./azureus
./azureus: line 3: /usr/share/java-config/libswt-3.2-java: No such file or directory

What do I do to fix???

I finally got a SOLUTION from:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...23#post2638823

Thanks cgjones! What I did was:

#aptitude purge azureus
#aptitude reinstall libswt-gtk-3.2-java
#aptitude install azureus

AND AZUREUS WORKS!!! Whee Doggie!!! Finally!!!

I had to solve it too. Debian sid 5.11.2007.
solution:
# cd /usr/share/java-config
# ln -s libswt-3.3-java libswt-3.2-java

thats all