Re: Java: Error occurred during initialization of VM

["Michael M." <mcubed@slashmail.org>]

On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 18:43 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 08:18:25PM +0200, gustavo halperin wrote:
> > 
> > I have installed the last Jre, version 1.5-0-11. I installed it from the 
> > RPM. I mean I transform the RPM to deb using "allien" and then 
> > installing it with "dpkg -i".
> > I'm also using the last stable mozilla for debian.
> > 
> > Any idea what is my problem ??
> > 
> Using alien is for then there is no other choice.  In this case, you
> have lots of other choices.  I would recommend that you remove the JRE
> you installed, you download the latest .bin (i.e., *not* the RPM) and
> then use java-package to turn into a proper Debian package.
> 
> http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/142


The other option would be to add unstable to your /etc/apt/sources.list,
and installing via apt-get or aptitude (whatever you use).  You would
need to include "non-free" in the source line, since Sun's Java packages
come from the non-free repositories.  Just don't accidently upgrade your
whole system, or you'll find yourself running Sid.

:~$ apt-cache search sun-java
sun-java5-bin - Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 (architecture
dependent files)
sun-java5-demo - Sun Java(TM) Development Kit (JDK) 5.0 demos and
examples
sun-java5-doc - Sun JDK(TM) Documention -- integration installer
sun-java5-fonts - Lucida TrueType fonts (from the Sun JRE)
sun-java5-jdk - Sun Java(TM) Development Kit (JDK) 5.0
sun-java5-jre - Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 (architecture
independent files)
sun-java5-plugin - The Java(TM) Plug-in, Java SE 5.0
sun-java5-source - Sun Java(TM) Development Kit (JDK) 5.0 source files
sun-java6-bin - Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 (architecture
dependent files)
sun-java6-demo - Sun Java(TM) Development Kit (JDK) 6 demos and examples
sun-java6-doc - Sun JDK(TM) Documention -- integration installer
sun-java6-fonts - Lucida TrueType fonts (from the Sun JRE)
sun-java6-jdk - Sun Java(TM) Development Kit (JDK) 6
sun-java6-jre - Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 (architecture
independent files)
sun-java6-plugin - The Java(TM) Plug-in, Java SE 6
sun-java6-source - Sun Java(TM) Development Kit (JDK) 6 source files


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