RE: Installing Java on Lenny

["Gorka" <gorkalinux@yahoo.es>]

> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: eero.t.volotinen@gmail.com [mailto:eero.t.volotinen@gmail.com] En
> nombre de Eero Volotinen
> Enviado el: miércoles, 07 de julio de 2010 10:04
> Para: Gorka
> CC: LINUX EN
> Asunto: Re: Installing Java on Lenny
> 
> 2010/7/7 Gorka <gorkalinux@yahoo.es>:
> >
> >
> > Hi linux friends. I've got Debian Lenny 5.0.5.
> >
> > I'm trying to install mirth, whose requires Java 1.5 or 1.6.
> >
> > The fact is that Lenny had Java somehow on it before installing it
> manually,
> > because it says:
> > # java -version
> > java version "1.5.0"
> > gij (GNU libgcj) version 4.3.2
> >
> > Anyway it doesn't let me install mirth, printing this error:
> > #./mirth-1.8.2.4472.1351-linux-installer.bin
> > Error: The installer could not find a valid Java(tm) on this machine.
> > Supported versions:
> > Vendor : Sun  min. 1.5 max. any
> >
> > Why?
> >
> > I've installed every package on Debian Volatile relative to sun-java-
> 1.5
> > from the following repositories ...
> > #deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main
> > #deb-src http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile
> main
> > ... but I'm getting the same error.
> >
> > But the most annoying thing is that if I install packages relating to
> > sun-java-1.6 me I'm getting the same error, the Sun site says I'm on
> 1.6 but
> > 'java -version' command says I'm on 1.5.0 version.
> >
> > I've also tried to install jre-6u20-linux-i586.bin (that's supposed
> to be in
> > 1.6 version) downloaded directly from Sun site, instead of using the
> Debian
> > packages. Unsuccessfully.
> 
> http://www.rsreese.com/2009/05/installing-sun-java-on-debian-lenny/
> 
> --
> Eero

Thanks.