gentoo java problems.

exodist · 07-22-2004, 08:14 PM

Gentoo does not have a portage for this version of java:
j2sdk-1_4_2_05

I figured no problem I will just use the self extracting .bin from the java.sun site.

... I get this error message:

tail: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1' since this will be removed in the future
Unpacking...
tail: cannot open `+486' for reading: No such file or directory
Checksumming...
1
The download file appears to be corrupted. Please refer
to the Troubleshooting section of the Installation
Instructions on the download page for more information.
Please do not attempt to install this archive file.

my first thaught was oh ok bad download so I re-download..... same problem..

suspecting the file is fine I scp'd it to a slackware box and ran it... no problems.

soo..... where do I go from here?

slackMeUp · 07-22-2004, 08:35 PM

emerge /usr/portage/dev-java/sun-jdk/sun-jdk-1.4.2.05.ebuild

And make sure to unmerge any jdk you might have installed, unless you want to play around with the $PATH yourself.

slackMeUp · 07-22-2004, 08:38 PM

Not that it matters but you can also grab the 1.5 betas too. ..

sun-jdk-1.2.2.017.ebuild sun-jdk-1.4.2.04-r2.ebuild
sun-jdk-1.3.1.09.ebuild sun-jdk-1.4.2.04.ebuild
sun-jdk-1.3.1.10.ebuild sun-jdk-1.4.2.05.ebuild
sun-jdk-1.3.1.12.ebuild sun-jdk-1.5.0_beta1-r1.ebuild
sun-jdk-1.4.1.06.ebuild sun-jdk-1.5.0_beta2-r1.ebuild
sun-jdk-1.4.2.03.ebuild sun-jdk-1.5.0_beta2.ebuild
sun-jdk-1.4.2.04-r1.ebuild

Each version you can grab from protage is above. . . that sun makes atleast. You can grab others too. . .

exodist · 07-22-2004, 08:41 PM

thanx, I think I have it now :-D

slackMeUp · 07-22-2004, 08:47 PM

no prob. . .

Take a look around your /usr/portage directory. . . it has everything.

If you just type "emerge foo" you will get the standard ebuild, but if you give an exact ebuild from your protage tree then you will get exactly what you want.

exodist · 07-22-2004, 08:48 PM

thanx, I wa sunaware just how deep the directory tree went, I am used to a different ls color scheme, I will play with that later.

equinox · 07-25-2004, 10:46 AM

or even "emerge search java" should give you info on what's there :P

tig · 08-16-2004, 08:53 PM

Hello,

I just encountered the same problem. Emerging 1.4.2_05 doesn't seem to be an option if you want the SDK. I dug into the installer a little bit and found the problems. It appears that the gentoo 'tail' command doesn't support the + options anymore unless they are prefixed by -n. For some reason the 'sum' output was incorrect with one of the values too, so disabling that check was necessary.

Create a file called java.patch containing the following:

Code:

--- j2sdk-1_4_2_05-linux-i586.bin       2004-08-16 21:16:49.802123744 -0400
+++ j2sdk-1_4_2_05-linux-i586.bin.mod   2004-08-16 21:09:42.838032152 -0400
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@
     esac
 done
 outname=install.sfx.$$
-diskSpace=`df -k . | tail -1 | awk '{if ( $4 ~ /%/) { print $3 } else { print $4 } }'`
+diskSpace=`df -k . | tail -n1 | awk '{if ( $4 ~ /%/) { print $3 } else { print $4 } }'`
 if [ $diskSpace -lt $diskSpaceRequired ]; then
     printf "You will need atleast %s kBytes of Disk Free\n" $diskSpaceRequired
     printf "Please free up the required Disk Space and try again\n"
@@ -338,8 +338,8 @@
 fi
 trap 'rm -f $outname; exit 1' HUP INT QUIT TERM
 echo "Unpacking..."
-tail +486 $0 > $outname
-if [ -x /usr/bin/sum ] ; then
+tail -n+486 $0 > $outname
+if [ -x /usr/bin/xsum ] ; then
     echo "Checksumming..."
 
     sum=`/usr/bin/sum $outname`

Then, run the following command:

Code:

patch j2sdk-1_4_2_05-linux-i586.bin < java.patch

That will fix the 'tail' problems and disable the checksum check. Then the install works perfect!

maleev · 09-22-2004, 02:27 PM

you're the man!

bjmurph · 09-23-2004, 07:25 AM

What's wrong with downloading j2sdk-1_4_2_05-linux-i586.bin to your /usr/portage/distfiles, and typing "emerge sun-jdk"?