(sorry, sent previously to the wrong bug number :-( )
All:
Please note that
1. The Eclipse packaging predates the recent changes
in java-common (>= 0.25) which is part of a broader
Debian Java Policy initiative to harmonize
access to multiple implementations [1].
At some point the Eclipse packaging should simply
start with /usr/bin/java (assuming there is at a least
one implementation available as determined by
adding Depends: java-runtime ).
2. The following fix to the current eclipse packaging has been
tested and works (if *no other implementations are
installed*):
tmarble@techno 13%% diff -Naur
eclipse-3.1.2{-pristine,}/debian/extra/java_home
---
eclipse-3.1.2-pristine/debian/extra/java_home 2006-07-07 19:46:33.000000000 -0500
+++
eclipse-3.1.2/debian/extra/java_home 2006-07-09 16:23:16.000000000 -0500
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
/usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj
/usr/lib/kaffe/pthreads
+/
usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun
/usr/lib/j2se/1.5
/usr/lib/j2se/1.4
/usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-ibm
tmarble@techno 14%%
3. Note if one of the two implementations is installed on
the system which precede Sun Java (in java_home above)
then Eclipse will start with the first one it finds.
In that case the work around is to add the following
to ~/.eclipse/eclipserc
JAVA_HOME=/
usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun
4. Even in the case listed in #3 Sun Java can still be used
to edit and run Java programs by doing the following:
a. open the Window | Preferences dialog
b. Expand the tree > Java > Editor > Installed JREs
c. click Add...
select the /
usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun directory
Allow my to respectfully propose the patch in #2 be applied
to the current Eclipse packaging to close this bug.
Then, separately, as Debian Java Policy evolves the Eclipse
packaging should be updated to take those conventions
into account.
Regards,
--Tom
[1]
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=365408
http://wiki.debian.org/Java/Draft
P.S. Please note, also, that I have just updated the documentation
for installing the Sun JRE on Debian:
https://jdk-distros.dev.java.net/debian.html
as well as installing the Sun JDK on Debian:
https://jdk-distros.dev.java.net/debian-dev.html
