Comment 2 for bug 291208

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.