Re: Java/JHandles available for Linux

[David Bateman]

Michael Jones wrote:
> I have problems with the extra/java package which is required for
> extra/jhandles. I am installing under linux with java SDK 1.4.2 (Sun J2SE).
> 
> 1. problem:
> In the configure script the java version is tested by calling "javac
> -version". However javac doesn't understand "-version", instead "java
> -version" gives the answer, but not in the format understood by the
> configure script. So I hardcoded the version 1.4.2 into the script.
> 
> 2. problem:
> As posted by somebody else
> http://www.nabble.com/forum/ViewPost.jtp?post=10645618&framed=y
> I get the same compiler error 
> __java__.cc:463: error: invalid conversion from ‘__jarray*’ to
> ‘__jobjectArray*’
> and don't know how to proceed. Maybe a gcc problem (my version is 3.3.4)?
> 
> You write that you used "Sun java implementation 1.6". Could you specify
> that more precisely (link)? If J2SE 6 is needed, this should be checked in
> the configure script (which says java>=1.2 required).
> 
> Can someone confirm that installing J2SE6 solves the problems? Otherwise I'm
> reluctant to update my running system.
> 

I running jhandles under version 1.6.0 of java on linux without an
issue. I didn't download my sysadmin forced it on me :-) .... However I
have 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, and 1.5.0 gcj versions and a 1.6.0 sun version
of java and have no issues. You might need a little LD_LIBRARY_PATH or
ldconfig magic to get it to work..

D.