missing VM on eclipse package

[Michael Koch]

On Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 12:57:02PM -0300, Gonzalo Merayo wrote:
> dear mantainers
> 
> I aptgetted:
> Package: eclipse
> Priority: optional
> Section: devel
> Installed-Size: 416
> Maintainer: Debian Java Maintainers
> <pkg-java-maintainers at lists.alioth.debian.org>
> Architecture: amd64
> Version: 3.2.1-4
> 
> When I run it I get:
> searching for compatible vm...
>   testing /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj...not found
>   testing /usr/lib/kaffe/pthreads...not found
>   testing /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-sun...not found
>   testing /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun...not found
>   testing /usr/lib/j2se/1.5...not found
>   testing /usr/lib/j2se/1.4...not found
>   testing /usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-ibm...not found
>   testing /usr/lib/j2sdk1.4-ibm...not found
>   testing /usr/lib/j2sdk1.6-sun...not found
>   testing /usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-sun...not found
>   testing /usr/lib/j2sdk1.4-sun...not found
> 
> I have a:
> gonzalo at optimus:~$ java -version
> java version "1.6.0_02"
> Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_02-b05)
> Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 1.6.0_02-b05, mixed mode)
> 
> I guess the problem is that file /etc/eclipse/java_home is missing:
> /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun

Yes, thats the reason. This issue is fixed in unstable, but it never
made it into stable. Sorry for that. The workaround is to either add it
to /etc/eclipse/java_home yourself. Or as a user put it into JAVA_HOME
variable in ~/.eclipse/eclipserc.


Cheers,
Michael