[PLUG] Any Java experts here?

[Ben Koenig]

I don't have time this weekend to figure this out, but I did attempt to
reproduce the problem

Slackware-current
x86_64
RYZEN cpu
JDK8 u2xx from SBo
Jabref from SBo

(I know my Java install is good because I use it android studio)

JabRef launches without any problems using the above config.


Your next step here is to check your env variables. Java gets VERY picky
about the shell vars, e.g. $JAVA_HOME. If these were changed at any time,
for ANY reason, it will fuck things up.


It can't find Java files because its looking in the wrong place. I honestly
don't know the list of paths that you need to be looking at. Think about
the questions you are asking and try to avoid running every random ass
command people give you.

Java is sensitive, and breaks easily.


On Sat, Aug 10, 2019, 9:41 AM Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 10 Aug 2019, Ben Koenig wrote:
>
> > JabRef also lists JDK as a dependency, not openjdk. There might be a
> reason
> > for this.
>
> This issue has gone beyond rediculous.
>
> - I removed openjdk7, openjdk8, openjfx.
> - Built and installed openjdk7.
> - Built openjdk8, removed openjdk7, installed openjdk8
> - Built and installed openjfx.
>
> JabRef still tells me it cannot find javafx (which is supposed to be
> included with Oracle's jdks.)
>
> - Removed openjdk8 and openjfx.
>
> From SBo repo:
>
> - Downloaded, build, and installed jdk12: same jabref error (cannot find
>    javafx).
>
> - Tried to download jdk11, but Oracle wants me to create an account which I
>    neither need or want.
> - Tried to download jdk8u-221 with same result as jdk11.
>
> - Built from local SBo directory for jdk81-191, installed it: same error as
>    above.
>
> The kernel version on that host is 4.4.14; I'll install 4.4.182 this
> afternoon and see if that makes a difference.
>
> I'm still open to all ideas for getting JabRef to load and work on the
> desktop.
>
> Rich
>
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