Package not dependent upon non-headless JRE
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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arduino (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
It is possible to install the arduino package without a suitable JRE to run it with.
11.10 64-bit. arduino-
For whatever reason (maybe because of another program I had installed), I had default-
I installed arduino from the Ubuntu Software Centre. It failed to start from the launcher. Running it from the command line gives the output:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.
at processing.
Caused by: java.awt.
at sun.awt.
at processing.
... 1 more
Installing openjdk-6-jre resolves the problem by replacing the headless JRE with a full one. I don't believe I should have been able to install it without my headless JRE being upgraded to a full one.
I'm not the only one: http:// askubuntu. com/questions/ 26474/unable- to-install- arduino