Re: java and fc16

[Daniel J Sebald]

On 11/26/2012 05:24 AM, Michael D. Godfrey wrote:
> On 11/26/12 9:37 AM, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
> > On 11/26/2012 03:33 AM, Michael D. Godfrey wrote:
> > > On 11/26/12 9:02 AM, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
> > > > JAVA_HOME='/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0.x86_64/bin'
> > > > export JAVA_HOME
> > > This worked for me with fc16. Thanks.
> There should be some "invariant" symlink for JAVA_HOME that does not
> include version, etc. Anyone know what this is?

Well, that would be a bundle-level decision, and I didn't see such a 
directory either.  There are one or two related directories for the JDK, 
but they don't seem to go anywhere.

However, it seems to me that this JAVA_HOME shouldn't be needed.  That 
is, if all that is done is access the executables.  If I type "java" and 
then double tab at a shell command line (not inside Octave)

[sebald ~]$ java
java     javac    javadoc  javah    javap    javaws

[sebald ~]$ jar
jar        jarsigner

[sebald ~]$ jsta
jstack  jstat   jstatd

etc., most of the contents of the java bin directory is automatically in 
the path.  (Not everyone of the binaries is though.)

My thinking is that if JAVA_HOME were empty, all these binaries should 
be accessible.  The Octave java tools don't like an empty JAVA_HOME, 
however.

Dan