Re: java and Ubuntu 12

[Daniel J Sebald]

On 11/26/2012 11:09 AM, Ben Abbott wrote:
> On Nov 26, 2012, at 11:29 AM, Michael D. Godfrey wrote:
>
> > On 11/26/12 4:16 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:
> > > OpenJDK Java 7 Runtime
> > I think you need the devel package from:
> >
> >
> >      Debian, Ubuntu, /etc./
> >
> > On the command line, type:
> >
> >    *$* sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre
> >
> > The |openjdk-7-jre| package contains just the Java Runtime Environment. If you 
> > want to develop Java programs then install the |openjdk-7-jdk| package.
> >
> > These names do not quite match what you said, but something with
> > -jdk or -devel is where the headers are.
> >
> > Michael'
>
> I already have all the openjdk-7 packages installed.
>
> $ apt-cache pkgnames | grep jdk-7
> openjdk-7-jre-headless
> openjdk-7-source
> openjdk-7-jre-zero
> openjdk-7-demo
> openjdk-7-dbg
> openjdk-7-doc
> openjdk-7-jdk
> openjdk-7-jre
> openjdk-7-jre-lib
>
> $ apt-cache --installed pkgnames | grep jdk-7
> openjdk-7-jre-headless
> openjdk-7-source
> openjdk-7-jre-zero
> openjdk-7-demo
> openjdk-7-dbg
> openjdk-7-doc
> openjdk-7-jdk
> openjdk-7-jre
> openjdk-7-jre-lib
>
> Ben

Those are all runtime environment files.  The Octave java tools need the 
"development kit" or JDK part of things, i.e., the part that creates the 
byte code that can run within the JRE.  Look for the RPM (or whatever is 
the equivalent) with openjdk Development Kit.

Dan