[SLUG] Crap java question

[Ross Kendall]

Hi John,

It looks like you have the GNU Java version, instead of the Sun one.  
Perhaps the program you are using is picky, and doesn't like the GNU one.

I would suggest going here:
http://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp#lin
and downloading the Sun RPM and installing it (may need to do it as 'root').

If it still doesn't work, you may need to remove the GNU Java off your 
system.

If it STILL doesn't work, I'd blame the software, and contact their support.

Disclaimer:  This advice is offered without any expressed or implied 
warranty (i.e. may be a load of bollox).

Anyway, good luck with it.

Ross.
http://rosskendall.com

John Allsopp wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm trying to install a java program (optilink 
> http://www.windrosesoftware.com/optitools/download.html ), and I've 
> got to the bit where I go
>
> ./jinstall.bin
>
> and it says:
>
> Preparing wizard...
> Searching for JVM...
> java version "1.4.2"
> gij (GNU libgcj) version 4.1.2 20070626 (Red Hat 4.1.2-13)
>
> Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There 
> is NO
> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
> PURPOSE.
>
> Unable to find JRE 1.4.1 on your system.
>
>
> Now, it's all a bit weird. I'm running Fedora something or other, I 
> thought 5 but it appears 6 has been around for a while so maybe I'm 
> running that (how do I tell?) I run the updates every time I reboot, 
> anyway.
>
> If I type java at the console I get taken to, is it gij?
>
> Yet if I run a program I wrote yonks ago: java myprogram, it works fine.
>
> I tried it before 'installing the latest java' as suggested, and I did 
> that too, made no difference.
>
> So I've no clue what's going on.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Cheers
> J
>