ikvm is not installed as a viable java alternative

[Marques Johansson]

Binary package hint: ikvm

When installing ikvm, ikvm should be registered as a java alternative (via update-alternatives) so that users can select it as their primary Java runtime (see the postinst files of other JREs).

The appropriate paths and links should probably be configured in /usr/lib/jvm/ikvm-version (with an ikvm link) as other runtimes are configured. Unfortunately it looks like apps (eclipse) may expect certain jar files to exist (rt.jar) that ikvm doesn't provider and doesn't use directly. It looks like many of these can be links to other (openjdk) files or created using ikvmstub.

I don't know how practical this is at the moment, but according to ikvm.net and other sites ikvm is capable of running eclipse and other large applications. This is what I attempted to do when I encountered this bug. I still haven't got it working.

[Brian M. Carlson (sandals)]

What is the status of having ikvm provide java-virtual-machine? Is this
possible?

I ask because ikvm using Mono seems to run faster (although it takes
more time to start up) than Sun Java 6. Additionally, Mono runs on
more platforms than Sun's Java, most notably my iBook G3 (powerpc).

If there is something I can do to help this come to fruition, please let
me know.

Thanks.

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[Marques Johansson (marques)]

Binary package hint: ikvm

When installing ikvm, ikvm should be registered as a java alternative (via update-alternatives) so that users can select it as their primary Java runtime (see the postinst files of other JREs).

The appropriate paths and links should probably be configured in /usr/lib/jvm/ikvm-version (with an ikvm link) as other runtimes are configured. Unfortunately it looks like apps (eclipse) may expect certain jar files to exist (rt.jar) that ikvm doesn't provider and doesn't use directly. It looks like many of these can be links to other (openjdk) files or created using ikvmstub.

I don't know how practical this is at the moment, but according to ikvm.net and other sites ikvm is capable of running eclipse and other large applications. This is what I attempted to do when I encountered this bug. I still haven't got it working.

[Jo Shields (directhex)]

I'm still not 100% confident about making this change untested - but if you can make the required changes (and it sounds like you have some experience doing so), then it might be worth a shot. Give it a punt with 0.40 which is much better than the older versions you were testing against.