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jpalan

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Registered: 2006-10-16

Posts: 28

[SOLVED] Bloody openjdk!

How nice of pdftrans to require openjdk instead of java-runtime. It replaced jre and now - like I should have guessed - some java applets I need don't work anymore. To get jre, I would have to remove pdftrans, which I need too.

It truelly requires some weird thinking process to put an entire (uncompatible) development kit as a dependency just to run a small 16K java program.:mad:

Last edited by jpalan (2009-02-21 07:51:32)

ataraxia

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From: Pittsburgh

Registered: 2007-05-06

Posts: 1,553

Re: [SOLVED] Bloody openjdk!

Hack the PKGBUILD for pdftrans to make it require java-runtime, install that build, and see if it works.

quarkup

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From: Portugal

Registered: 2008-09-07

Posts: 497

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Re: [SOLVED] Bloody openjdk!

try to "force" the installation of jre without causing the removal of "openjdk"

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robertp

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From: Warszawa, Poland

Registered: 2007-09-11

Posts: 123

Re: [SOLVED] Bloody openjdk!

It truelly requires some weird thinking process to put an entire (uncompatible) development kit as a dependency just to run a small 16K java program.:mad:

The same problem is with KDE 4.2 (soprano requires openjdk6). I hope someone will fix it soon.

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: [SOLVED] Bloody openjdk!

Someone will. In the meantime

pacman -Rd openjdk6 && pacman -S jre

will sort you out.

Please search before posting - there are numerous threads on this topic already.

jpalan

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Registered: 2006-10-16

Posts: 28

Re: [SOLVED] Bloody openjdk!

Please search before posting - there are numerous threads on this topic already.

Thanks, but I already did that and forced the jre back.

The big question - which I happily forgot to ask - is: what's the point of pushing the openjdk in the first place, when it's pretty clear that it will cause compatibility issues in many places?

I sure hope the reason is not some "yeah, but you know, the license is more free" type of brainfart.

EDIT: And the maintainer pdftrans has quickly fixed the package after I emailed him, nice work.

Last edited by jpalan (2009-02-21 07:51:06)

skottish

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From: Here

Registered: 2006-06-16

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Re: [SOLVED] Bloody openjdk!

I sure hope the reason is not some "yeah, but you know, the license is more free" type of brainfart.

The top paragraph from:

http://www.mail-archive.com/arch-dev-pu … 03702.html

rochus

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Registered: 2007-02-14

Posts: 91

Re: [SOLVED] Bloody openjdk!

Yes, that is exactly that type of brainfart that comes up every now and then. When introducing new packages, why not making the dependencies work over the different possible packages in the first place (yeah I know java-runtime blabla, why isn't in in there, then?)? That's really driving me nuts and just shows ignorance or incompetence. Chose the most insulting one and you're fine with!
Sorry, but problems like these (package dependency issues caused by someone not thinking far enough) could, should and must be avoided!

*rrr*

Last edited by rochus (2009-02-24 10:57:40)

mangus

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From: Bologna, Italy

Registered: 2007-04-07

Posts: 289

Re: [SOLVED] Bloody openjdk!

Devs make their choices because it's their distro.If you are confortable with arch, just try one of the 4-5 solutions posted here , or if you're brave find yourself one, it's just just two commands far away :-) no need to be rude