[ SOLVED ] ......... Change openjdk6 to oracle jdk7

Cheesecake Charlie · 2011-11-06 09:40:43

Hi All

I initially installed openjdk6 but having some issues with apps like intellij idea & phpstorm and so i want to change to oracle jdk7. Whats the best way to change them, can i install the downloaded jdk7 from oracle instead of using AUR ?

Cheers

Last edited by Cheesecake Charlie (2011-11-06 12:08:45)

tomk · 2011-11-06 09:45:34

You can, but why would you do that? You should keep all apps on your system under pacman's control.

Cheesecake Charlie · 2011-11-06 09:53:21

tomk wrote:

You can, but why would you do that? You should keep all apps on your system under pacman's control.

So are you suggesting that i stick with openjdk then ?

ethail · 2011-11-06 09:57:43

No, we suggest that you use the AUR if avaliable, or write a PKGBUILD for it if don't.

You should not install apps outside pacman's control, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't install that apps, only that you should do it using a package

Cheesecake Charlie · 2011-11-06 10:01:15

ethail wrote:

No, we suggest that you use the AUR if avaliable, or write a PKGBUILD for it if don't.
You should not install apps outside pacman's control, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't install that apps, only that you should do it using a package

Got ya ... As there are dependencies, what is the best way to remove one and install the other ? ie pacman -Rd openjdk6 && yaourt -Syua jdk

Cheers

bohoomil · 2011-11-06 10:08:06

Most probably when you build the new package and issue pacman -U, the package should be seamlessly replaced without much trouble.

Cheesecake Charlie · 2011-11-06 10:18:20

Have just ran sudo pacman -R openjdk6 && yaourt -Syua jdk and i get this error

error: failed to prepare transaction ( could not satisfy dependencies )

What do i need to do ?

Cheers

bohoomil · 2011-11-06 10:19:51

Could you specify exactly which package causes the conflict?

BTW: Try not to remove openjdk6, run pacman -U instead.

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Cheesecake Charlie · 2011-11-06 10:28:18

bohoomil wrote:

Could you specify exactly which package causes the conflict?
BTW: Try not to remove openjdk6, run pacman -U instead.

These are the errors i get

error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: eclipse-ecj: requires java-runtime
:: icedtea-web: requires openjdk6
:: java-commons-daemon: requires java-runtime
:: java-jsp2.2-tomcat: requires java-environment>=5
:: java-servlet3.0-tomcat: requires java-environment>=5
:: tomcat7: requires java-runtime>=6

Pardon my ignorance, but how would i run pacman -U to install jdk7 ?

Cheers

bohoomil · 2011-11-06 10:30:06

Pick up the jdk packages you've just built (should be in your build directory), and let pacman upgrade it (pacman -U jdk_package_file.xz).

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Cheesecake Charlie · 2011-11-06 10:33:51

bohoomil wrote:

Pick up the jdk packages you've just built (should be in your build directory), and let pacman upgrade it (pacman -U jdk_package_file.xz).

I've not built any packages and have not yet ventured into doing that in archlinux yet ...

Last edited by Cheesecake Charlie (2011-11-06 10:37:12)

bohoomil · 2011-11-06 10:37:36

You've got jdk from AUR, right? If yaourt checks dependencies before building the package itself, I'd simply grab the PKGBUILD, run makepkg on it and then upgrade jdk using pacman. That's my way, checked and working.

Last edited by bohoomil (2011-11-06 10:38:42)

Cheesecake Charlie · 2011-11-06 10:41:56

bohoomil wrote:

You've got jdk from AUR, right? If yaourt checks dependencies before building the package itself, I'd simply grab the PKGBUILD, run makepkg on it and then upgrade jdk using pacman. That's my way, checked and working.

Nope, still a noobie when it comes to this ...

bohoomil · 2011-11-06 10:45:47

Oh boy, simply try and do it -- it's really not as challenging as it seems. With all the AUR helpers you often take twice that long route. Doing things directly is much easier and safer. Believe me.

Cheesecake Charlie · 2011-11-06 10:47:57

So is this correct ..

Just ran yaourt -S jdk, its gone through all the dependency checks and built the apps. So then instead of continuing to install, do i just run pacman -U jdk instead ?

bohoomil · 2011-11-06 10:51:49

No, don't use yaourt at all. Grab the package (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=51906), extract the content, go to the directory containing PKGBUILD, run makepkg and when the package is ready you'll have it there -- or at least a symlink to it. Then run pacman -U the_package_you_have_just_created.xz and see if things work. Of course, when asked if you want to replace openjdk because it conflicts with jdk, answer Yes.

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Cheesecake Charlie · 2011-11-06 11:10:07

Ok i think i get it now. Sorted and thanks for the help

Cheers

Last edited by Cheesecake Charlie (2011-11-06 11:18:37)

bohoomil · 2011-11-06 11:14:46

Although I use only Oracle jre, I presume jdk should be enough. If for some reason it isn't, do the same with jre. I doubt it'll be necessary, though.

Cheesecake Charlie · 2011-11-06 11:59:18

Had to install jre first and then install jdk ... But success, its sorted, plus its cleaned up the problem of some artifacts being left on my screen after some apps close. Will use this method in future instead of using yaourt ..

Many thanks for the help

bohoomil · 2011-11-06 12:02:13

I'm glad to hear that. Please, mark the thread as [SOLVED] so others can benefit from it.

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