On Sun Feb 22 23:28, Axel K. Stammler wrote: > This package's name sounds as if it would provide the default Debian Java development kit, > but that's exactly what the package doesn't do. In fact, I find it difficult to use > "aptitude search java" or anything similar to find out which package to install to be able > to do Are you sure it does not? I mean, the default-jdk package it self doesn't but it depends on a whole bunch of packages which eventually do. Here I have: Package: default-jdk Depends: default-jre (= 1.5-30), java-gcj-compat-dev (>= 1.0.77-4) Package: default-jre Depends: default-jre-headless (= 1.5-30), java-gcj-compat (>= 1.0.77-4) Package: default-jre-headless Depends: java-common, java-gcj-compat-headless (>= 1.0.77-4) and then: $ dpkg -L java-gcj-compat-headless | grep bin/java$ /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.3-1.5.0.0/bin/java /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.3-1.5.0.0/jre/bin/java which it adds as alternatives for /usr/bin/java (among others) in its postinst. So unless something weird has happened, apt-get install default-jdk should really have left you with a /usr/bin/java.... Can you check for me that you have java-gcj-compat-headless installed, it contains those files and that /usr/bin/java and /etc/alternatives/java exist and look sane? the output of update-alternatives --list java would also be useful. Matt -- Matthew Johnson
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