On 06/03/2025 17:50, Gerard ROBIN wrote:
settings -> settings manager -> default applications
in xfce4 fixed the problem.
(Editing the mimeapps.list file has no effect)
But the XFCE settings tool writes selected option to mimeapps.list...
settings -> settings manager -> default applications
in xfce4 fixed the problem.
(Editing the mimeapps.list file has no effect)
Thanks to everyone who took the time to answer me.
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On 06/03/2025 07:09, Gerard ROBIN wrote:
xdg-mime query default image/png
com.github.jeromerobert.pdfarranger.desktop
I am currently using Trixie and have uninstalled and reinstalled pdfarranger.
So you have several applications installed that may handle PNG files.
Which way should other app
Thanks for your reply.
xdg-mime query default image/png
com.github.jeromerobert.pdfarranger.desktop
I am currently using Trixie and have uninstalled and reinstalled pdfarranger.
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ger in the display group of update-alternatives with a
low priority but it has no effect.
If anyone has a solution I am interested.
Thanks in advance
right click on the pic, choose open with..., choose imagemagik AND tick
the 'associate the filetrype with that software' for setting a defa
d?
xdg-mime query default image/png
Perhaps your issue is unrelated to update-alternatives.
Hello,
I use Bookworm and Trixie. With Bookworm no problem when I click on
"file:///home/user/file.png" the file file.png opens with display
(imagemagick) but with Trixie it is pdfarranger that opens the file.
I put pdfarranger in the display group of update-alternatives with a
low prior
ines...
> >
> > > do it manually, not with update-alternatives
> > Why so? Could I not feed the script path to update-alternatives install?
>
> Well, if it works, then I guess it's OK.
>
Exactly. And if you want it less "hackish", build a deb where t
On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 14:33:22 +0300, Dmitrii Odintcov wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
>
> This has occurred to me, but seemed like a bit of a hack and less
> convenient to transfer to other machines...
>
> > do it manually, not with update-alternatives
> Why so? Could I
Hi Greg,
This has occurred to me, but seemed like a bit of a hack and less
convenient to transfer to other machines...
> do it manually, not with update-alternatives
Why so? Could I not feed the script path to update-alternatives install?
Thanks
On Thu, 22 Aug 2024 at 14:02, Greg Woole
the file is saved (like `crontab -e` does, for
> example)
>
> I cannot do `update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/editor editor
> "$(which codium) --wait --reuse-window" 0` because the "alternative
> path doesn't exist".
>
> Suggestions?
Write a wr
Let's say I want to install VS Code / Codium as an alternative for
`/usr/bin/editor`, but I want it to always run with `--wait
--reuse-window` so that other software can rely on the editor
returning after the file is saved (like `crontab -e` does, for
example)
I cannot do `update-alterna
On 06/29/2020 07:38 PM, David wrote:
On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 at 22:16, Richard Owlett wrote:
I'm looking for something that aims to answer "What can
update-alternatives do for me today?". IOW the manpage gives fine
details but no sense of perspective.
Have a read of this page [1]
On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 at 22:16, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I'm looking for something that aims to answer "What can
> update-alternatives do for me today?". IOW the manpage gives fine
> details but no sense of perspective.
Have a read of this page [1] about half-way down un
than task-mate-desktop ;{
Whoosh. davidson is reminding you that she has already explained
update-alternatives to you.
On Mon 29 Jun 2020 at 10:21:18 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 06/29/2020 09:12 AM, davidson wrote:
[...]
> > Have you reviewed any notes regarding what it did for you yesterday?
>
> Yesterday's problems stemmed from installing mate-desktop-environment rather
> than task-mate-desktop ;{
>
>
environment to be started automatically check that
systemd is configured to run in graphical environment
$> systemctl set-default graphical.target
If this is already setup, and you can launch your DE with startx, check also
that mate is the default DE with update-alternatives(8) or you can add
ult graphical.target
If this is already setup, and you can launch your DE with startx,
check also that mate is the default DE with update-alternatives(8)
or you can add the startx command in /etc/profile.
That manpage was intriguing, if not educational. I went searching
for "update-alternatives t
gt; > > > If this is already setup, and you can launch your DE with startx, check
> > > > also
> > > > that mate is the default DE with update-alternatives(8) or you can add
> > > > the
> > > > startx command in /etc/profile.
> > > >
and you can launch your DE with startx,
check also that mate is the default DE with update-alternatives(8)
or you can add the startx command in /etc/profile.
That manpage was intriguing, if not educational. I went searching
for "update-alternatives tutorials". They all referenced Ub
$> systemctl set-default graphical.target
If this is already setup, and you can launch your DE with startx, check also
that mate is the default DE with update-alternatives(8) or you can add the
startx command in /etc/profile.
That manpage was intriguing, if not educational. I went searching
gt;
> > $> systemctl set-default graphical.target
> >
> >If this is already setup, and you can launch your DE with startx, check also
> >that mate is the default DE with update-alternatives(8) or you can add the
> >startx command in /etc/profile.
> >
>
> T
eck also
that mate is the default DE with update-alternatives(8) or you can add the
startx command in /etc/profile.
That manpage was intriguing, if not educational. I went searching for
"update-alternatives tutorials". They all referenced Ubuntu and each
covered only one instance.
I&
Andrei POPESCU (12020-04-06):
> Probably a case of competing standards.
That, and a case of gambit pileup when software try to be smart, to
out-smart the other software implementing the other standards to make
them interact with their own, while the other software do exactly the
same, and end up b
On Lu, 06 apr 20, 09:46:50, Curt wrote:
> On 2020-04-06, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> >
> >> This is getting well beyond Debian, but why would GNU/Linux in general have
> >> so many overlapping ways to register default applications?
> >
> > Probably a case of competing standards.
>
> Seems more like t
On 2020-04-06, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
>
>> This is getting well beyond Debian, but why would GNU/Linux in general have
>> so many overlapping ways to register default applications?
>
> Probably a case of competing standards.
Seems more like the distinction between a user-defined preference
(*Prefe
On Du, 05 apr 20, 16:20:42, Carl Fink wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 05, 2020 at 11:03:07PM +0500, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote:
>
> > If I'm getting it right, you are using Xfce, so first place you should
> > look at is "exo-preferred-applications" [1] applet.
>
> And that was it. Thank you. Now if only r
On Sun, Apr 05, 2020 at 10:52:23AM -0500, David Wright wrote:
> Is it worth running rclone config with -vv, and --log-file pointing
> somewhere? The documentation suggests this will show what rclone is
> trying to do.
Not any more, since my ln -s trick worked. Thanks for the suggestions,
though.
On Sun, Apr 05, 2020 at 11:03:07PM +0500, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote:
> If I'm getting it right, you are using Xfce, so first place you should
> look at is "exo-preferred-applications" [1] applet.
And that was it. Thank you. Now if only rclone actually did what I needed
This is getting we
wser" script uses to find your default
browser.
Probably because of installation of a "unsupported" firefox package
"alternatives" for a browser were not changed, so you will have to
create additional options for "alternatives" configs, so links would
point to a
On Sun 05 Apr 2020 at 09:53:13 (-0400), Carl Fink wrote:
> On 4/5/20 8:37 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > The output above shows epiphany-browser as being the current
> > selection.
> True. But not relevant.
> > Maybe rclone is not using x-www-browser, but some other mechanism (or
> > just hardcodes
On 4/5/20 8:37 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
The output above shows epiphany-browser as being the current selection.
True. But not relevant.
Maybe rclone is not using x-www-browser, but some other mechanism (or
just hardcodes firefox).
I asked what other mechanism could be used in the original, a
On Du, 05 apr 20, 07:35:00, Carl Fink wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 05, 2020 at 09:12:54AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> >
> > Please post the output of
> >
> > update-alternatives --config x-www-browser
>
> carlf@debian-NUCi5:~$ update-alternatives --config x-www-
On Sun, Apr 05, 2020 at 09:12:54AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Sb, 04 apr 20, 12:32:06, Carl Fink wrote:
> > So, I removed firefox-esr and replaced it with stable firefox. I ran
> > update-alternatives to point to firefox-esr. The current listing doesn't
> >
On Sb, 04 apr 20, 12:32:06, Carl Fink wrote:
> So, I removed firefox-esr and replaced it with stable firefox. I ran
> update-alternatives to point to firefox-esr. The current listing doesn't
> even include firefox-esr:
This makes no sense to me, could you please rephrase? What b
So, I removed firefox-esr and replaced it with stable firefox. I ran
update-alternatives to point to firefox-esr. The current listing doesn't
even include firefox-esr:
root@debian-NUCi5:~# update-alternatives --list x-www-browser
/usr/bin/chromium
/usr/bin/epiphany-browser
/usr/bin/firefox
On 09/16/2016 06:54 PM, Tony Baldwin wrote:
On 09/16/2016 06:20 PM, Ric Moore wrote:
On 09/16/2016 10:56 AM, Tony Baldwin wrote:
But in my old age, I can't remember for the life of me how I did it.
I don't believe it was with update-alternatives.
I think I edited some config file
On 09/16/2016 06:54 PM, Tony Baldwin wrote:
On 09/16/2016 06:20 PM, Ric Moore wrote:
On 09/16/2016 10:56 AM, Tony Baldwin wrote:
But in my old age, I can't remember for the life of me how I did it.
I don't believe it was with update-alternatives.
I think I edited some config file
On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 06:55:58PM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote:
> On 09/16/2016 06:19 PM, Liam O'Toole wrote:
> > openbox doesn't have a GUI for setting up the association you want.
> > Instead, go to the file ~/.config/mimeapps.list (creating it if
> > necessary) and add the following:
> >
> > [Add
x27;t remember for the life of me how I did it. I don't believe it
was with update-alternatives. I think I edited some config file
somewhere, but for the life of me, I can't recall where.
A quick bit of Googling finds a discussion of a similar subject from a
few years back:
http://for
On 09/16/2016 06:20 PM, Ric Moore wrote:
On 09/16/2016 10:56 AM, Tony Baldwin wrote:
But in my old age, I can't remember for the life of me how I did it.
I don't believe it was with update-alternatives.
I think I edited some config file somewhere, but for the life of me, I
can'
x27;m using now.) But in my old age,
>>> I can't remember for the life of me how I did it. I don't believe it
>>> was with update-alternatives. I think I edited some config file
>>> somewhere, but for the life of me, I can't recall where.
>>
>> A
On 09/16/2016 10:56 AM, Tony Baldwin wrote:
But in my old age, I can't remember for the life of me how I did it.
I don't believe it was with update-alternatives.
I think I edited some config file somewhere, but for the life of me, I
can't recall where.
Crank up Settings Manage
On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 04:50:49PM -0400, Anthony Baldwin wrote:
> I just want icedove to be the default mua, and to work with chromium when I
> click on a mailto:// link.
I don't have Icedove handy, but on Thunderbird, I just go to
edit -> preferences -> advanced, then click "check now" under "S
rking on the Jessie on an hdd that just died
on me (thankfully not until I'd downloaded and made an install disk
to install on the other hdd, which I'm using now.) But in my old age,
I can't remember for the life of me how I did it. I don't believe it
was with update-alternatives
. I had it working on the Jessie on an hdd that just died
on me (thankfully not until I'd downloaded and made an install disk
to install on the other hdd, which I'm using now.) But in my old age,
I can't remember for the life of me how I did it. I don't believe it
was with
On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 10:56:44AM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote:
> Indeed:
> # update-alternatives --get-selections | grep mail
> mailx auto /usr/bin/bsd-mailx
>
> but also:
> # update-alternatives --config mailx
> There is only one alternativ
; I had this done on the last Jessie system I had (on a now defunct hdd).
>>> But I can't recall how I did it, if it was with update-alternative or
>>> some other means..
>>> And something that's been bothering me for a while is:
>>> I can't seem to fi
ith update-alternative or
some other means..
And something that's been bothering me for a while is:
I can't seem to find or figure out how to list all the alternatives I
can manage with update-alternatives.
I mean, I can get a list for a particular item, like x-www-browser or
editor, but
ve or
> some other means..
> And something that's been bothering me for a while is:
> I can't seem to find or figure out how to list all the alternatives I
> can manage with update-alternatives.
> I mean, I can get a list for a particular item, like x-www-browser or
> e
On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 10:10:44AM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote:
> I can't seem to find or figure out how to list all the alternatives I
> can manage with update-alternatives.
> I mean, I can get a list for a particular item, like x-www-browser or
> editor, but I want a list of a
for a while is:
I can't seem to find or figure out how to list all the alternatives I
can manage with update-alternatives.
I mean, I can get a list for a particular item, like x-www-browser or
editor, but I want a list of all those possible things to update
(x-www-browser, editor, etc.)
On 09/05/2016 08:39 AM, Christian Seiler wrote:
Hi,
Am 5. September 2016 14:31:45 MESZ, schrieb Tony Baldwin :
I have done
sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser about 50 times in this
past week, and chosen chromium-browser as my goto/default, but links
>from icedove keep opening
Hi,
Am 5. September 2016 14:31:45 MESZ, schrieb Tony Baldwin :
>I have done
>sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser about 50 times in this
>past week, and chosen chromium-browser as my goto/default, but links
>from icedove keep opening in iceweasel, no matter what.
&g
I have done
sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser about 50 times in this
past week, and chosen chromium-browser as my goto/default, but links
from icedove keep opening in iceweasel, no matter what.
???
Thanks,
Tony
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I am using Debian Jessie 8 and got some problems below when using
update-alteranatives. I suspect something is wrong with my
update-alternatives setting but not sure how to check or fix. Any
suggestion ?
Installing clang
$ sudo apt-get install clang
Reading package lists... Done
Building
When doing apt-get install clang (or ghc) on Debian Jessie 8 , I got the
following errors with update-alternatives. Is there something wrong with
my update-alternatives installation ?
...
Setting up ghc (7.6.3-21) ...
update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/runghc doesn't
e "auto" selection,
>> and the Iceweasel browser is listed as a "manual" alternative.
>>
>> Command "update-alternatives --config x-www-browser" ostensibly
>> allows me to change to the preferred "manual" browser by
>> selecti
includes
a
browser.
So both browsers are mentioned in the x-www-browser section of
/etc/alternatives. The Iceape browser is the "auto" selection, and
the Iceweasel browser is listed as a "manual" alternative.
Command "update-alternatives --config x-www-browser" ost
I got around the problem described above -- perhaps the long way around
-- first by purging that old version of Iceape. Doing so made Iceweasel
the sole browser mentioned in the x-www-browser section of
/etc/alternatives.
To provide a simple composer that I am used to I installed the latest
mentioned in the x-www-browser section of
/etc/alternatives. The Iceape browser is the "auto" selection, and the
Iceweasel browser is listed as a "manual" alternative.
Command "update-alternatives --config x-www-browser" ostensibly allows
me to change to the
Hi,
During upgrade squeeze --> wheezy I got multiple warnings from
update-alternatives like this:
alternative /usr/lib/nvidia/diversions/libGL.so.1 (part of link group libGL.so.1)
doesn't exist; removing from list of alternatives
And quite a few others.
Is it something to wor
On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 02:34:13AM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
> > The rxvt-unicode program is now already installed, but when it does not
> > seemed to be offered in:
> >
> > update-alternatives --list x-terminal-emulator
> >
> > None of the existing
On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 01:46:22PM +0100, Matej Kosik wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to set
>
> rxvt-unicode
>
> program as x-terminal-enulator. Is this supposed to be possible?
Oops, disregard my mail about reporting a bug. I was a bit too quick
reading the thread. :(
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"If you're not
code program is now already installed, but when it does not
> seemed to be offered in:
>
> update-alternatives --list x-terminal-emulator
>
> None of the existing options:
>
> /usr/bin/aterm-xterm
> /usr/bin/koi8rxterm
> /usr/bin/lxterm
> /
pposed to be possible?
>
> The rxvt-unicode program is now already installed, but when it does not
> seemed to be offered in:
>
> update-alternatives --list x-terminal-emulator
>
[snip]
The one you are after is: urxvt
/usr/bin/urxvt
You can confirm this by:
Hi
Unless they changed in jessie, /usr/bin/urxvt is the binary you need.
It definitely supports Unicode in wheezy, at least.
Reco
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Hi,
I would like to set
rxvt-unicode
program as x-terminal-enulator. Is this supposed to be possible?
The rxvt-unicode program is now already installed, but when it does not seemed
to be offered in:
update
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 05:06:51PM +0200, Camaleón wrote:
>
> "Priorities" is a package (and also a repository) concept.
>
> What "update-alternatives" allows is setting the default aplication when
> several programs provide the same funcionality (e.g., brow
ity installed alternatives.
>
> What I did not understand previously from the manpage is what determines
> 'highest priority'. I was under the impression that one can change that
> with update-alternatives and I did not realise that it was a by-product
> of the packaged alte
On 05/16/2012 09:28 AM, Johann Spies wrote:
Even though technically correct, it did not help me on the first (and
second read) to understand it correctly although I am an experienced
Debian user and was system administrator for 10 years.
patch for the man page? :)
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hest priority'. I was under the impression that one can change that
with update-alternatives and I did not realise that it was a by-product
of the packaged alternatives' installation.
After the explanation on the list and reading the man page again, this
became clear to me.
Even though te
On Tue, 15 May 2012 09:17:25 +0200, Johann Spies wrote:
> I have checked the man page and the Debian Handbook but I am not sure
> how to influence the 'auto' setting for update-alnatives.
(...)
> I cannot figure out from this how to get to 'auto' mode.
(...)
And what's what you want to get e
On Ma, 15 mai 12, 09:17:25, Johann Spies wrote:
> I have checked the man page and the Debian Handbook but I am not sure
> how to influence the 'auto' setting for update-alternatives.
I think you are misunderstanding the meaning of 'auto' in the context of
update-alterna
I have checked the man page and the Debian Handbook but I am not sure
how to influence the 'auto' setting for update-alternatives.
eg.
% update-alternatives --config x-www-browser
update-alternatives --config x-www-browser
There are 6 choices for the alternative x-www-browser (provi
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Andrei POPESCU
wrote:
> On Mi, 28 mar 12, 11:08:13, Tom H wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Andrei POPESCU
>> wrote:
>> > On Ma, 27 mar 12, 16:45:39, Tom H wrote:
>> >> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Andrei POPESCU
>> >> wrote:
>> >>> On Jo, 22 mar 1
On Wed 28 Mar 2012 at 18:35:49 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> By "locally diverting" Sven meant using dpkg-divert(8) which is the
> correct tool for what he ended up doing.
I have a machine for which I want to manually manage grub.cfg and I
agree totally with you (and Sven, of course). It's a br
On Mi, 28 mar 12, 11:08:13, Tom H wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Andrei POPESCU
> wrote:
> > On Ma, 27 mar 12, 16:45:39, Tom H wrote:
> >> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Andrei POPESCU
> >> wrote:
> >>> On Jo, 22 mar 12, 17:28:26, Sven Joachim wrote:
> >
> > Getting grub2 to
folder, whose bin/ was containing
>> java. I managed to make it default:
>>
>
> (...)
>
> Glad you finally got it working :-)
>
> (...)
>
>
>> and now Eclipse works like a charm. The Sun's version is actually
>> incompatible in some way wi
patible in some way with Debian (Lenny, at least). The
> java-6-sun-1.6.0.20 was already installed, and comes from the non-free
> depos.
That is what I have, yes.
> But it was not recognized (and interpreted) by
> update-alternatives. Why?
Dunno, I have no problems at all with
a package from Debian "non-free"
> repo :-)
>
# apt-get install sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-jre sun-java6-jdk sun-java6-bin
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
sun-java6-jre is already the newest version.
sun-java6-j
On Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:13:27 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote:
> Camaleón wrote:
(...)
>> Try by manually forcing the full path to java bin:
>>
>> ***
>> ./eclipse -debug -vm
>> /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12/jre/bin/java ***
>>
> Thanks for the trick. It first gives a box `No
Camaleón wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:00:10 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> (...)
>
>
>
> (...)
>
>
>
> The above path... not sure if it's right.
>
> Try by manually forcing the full path to java bin:
>
> ***
> ./eclipse -debug -vm
> /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/j
On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:00:10 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote:
> Camaleón wrote:
>> Can you launch "eclipse" with some "-debug" option? Maybe you'll get
>> additonal information.
>>
> Sure.
>
> ==
> $ ./eclipse -debug
(...)
> -vm
> /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12/bin/../jre/li
Camaleón wrote:
> Can you launch "eclipse" with some "-debug" option? Maybe you'll get
> additonal information.
>
Sure.
==
$ ./eclipse -debug
Start VM: -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5
-XX:MaxPermSize=256m
-Xms40m
-Xmx384m
-Djava.class.path=/home/merciadriluca/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox
On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 15:53:02 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote:
> Camaleón wrote:
(...)
>>> ==
>>> $ eclipse/eclipse
>>> Error occurred during initialization of VM
>>> java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Object ==
>>>
>>> Why?
>>>
>>>
>> He, he... you can also Google a bit, it won't hu
Camaleón wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 15:17:14 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote:
>
>
>> Camaleón wrote:
>>
>
> (...)
>
>
>>> Two ideas on how to by-pass this:
>>>
>>> 1/ If Eclipse has an option to edit the path to the avilable JRE, just
>>> change it from there, or just by manually editing "
On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 15:17:14 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote:
> Camaleón wrote:
(...)
>> Two ideas on how to by-pass this:
>>
>> 1/ If Eclipse has an option to edit the path to the avilable JRE, just
>> change it from there, or just by manually editing "/etc/eclipse/
>> java_home".
>>
>> 2/ Make a s
Camaleón wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:45:31 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote:
>
> (...)
>
>
>> Really nice, but Eclipse seems not to like it that much:
>>
>> ==
>> A Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or Java Development Kit (JDK) must be
>> available in order to run Eclipse. No Java virtual machine w
On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:45:31 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote:
(...)
> Really nice, but Eclipse seems not to like it that much:
>
> ==
> A Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or Java Development Kit (JDK) must be
> available in order to run Eclipse. No Java virtual machine was found
> after searching the
Camaleón wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:57:11 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote:
>
>
>> Camaleón wrote:
>>
>
> (...)
>
>
>>> ***
>>> update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java
>>> /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.
On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:57:11 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote:
> Camaleón wrote:
(...)
>> ***
>> update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java
>> /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12/jre/bin/java 1 ***
>>
> Thanks for this. And about java-up
itself as a window manager for some reason
> (file a bug if it's in error), or if you use a window manager from /usr/
> local directory, the selections on screen won't contain your preferred
> entry. You can update the link through command line options, like this:
>
> up
Merciadri Luca wrote:
> 1) My question was about the difference between
>
> ==
> # update-alternatives --config java
> There are 2 alternatives which provide `java'.
>
> Selection Alternative
> ---
> 1 /usr/bin/gij-4.3
update-java-alternatives and update-alternatives. One must be more
> prioritary than another, and the most prioritary one needs to be set to
> Sun's one.
By reading this manual:
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http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-customizing.en.html
(section 11.10)
If a package doesn't regist
-
>>
>
> (...)
>
> Sure, Sun's java "bin" is in your system and you can launch any java
> application by calling the full path ("/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-
> java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12/jre/bin/java -jar ...") , is just that "update-
>
an launch any java
application by calling the full path ("/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-
java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12/jre/bin/java -jar ...") , is just that "update-
alternatives" cannot auto-link for "java -jar ..." to your current Sun
binary, which was installed from "
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On 08/13/2010 02:42 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote:
> Jordan Metzmeier wrote:
>> Java has a separate alternatives command. It is
>> "update-java-alternatives".
>>
> # update-java-alternatives -l
> java-6-sun 63 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun
> java-gcj 1042 /usr/
Jordan Metzmeier wrote:
> Java has a separate alternatives command. It is
> "update-java-alternatives".
>
# update-java-alternatives -l
java-6-sun 63 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun
java-gcj 1042 /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj
Normal?
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Merciadri Luca
See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/
I u
"java-6-sun"
>>> ***
>>>
>>> If it's not there, I guess it won't be detected/managed by "update-
>>> alternatives" :-?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hmmm, by creating a symbolic link in the above dir? But maybe
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