Ubuntu
rxtx package

librxtx-java package install files in wrong location

Bug #667321 reported by 3esmit on 2010-10-27

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #325506: /usr/lib/jni not put in java.library.path. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	rxtx (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

The native binaries in the package are being installed in /usr/share/jni, instead it correct location which is
/usr/lib/java-6-sun/jre/lib/<arch>
ex.: /usr/lib/java-6-sun/jre/lib/i386

and the RXTXcomm.jar is being installed in /usr/share/java/
when should be installed in /usr/lib/java-6-sun/jre/lib/

Detail: I use java-6-sun, but could be java-6-openjdk or any jdk. The rule is jre/lib/<arch> for arch dependent binarys and jre/lib for cross plataform interface.

When these files are misplaced, the library is like is not installed.

This bug is very old.

chrisdew is made some work: http://github.com/chrisdew/rxtx

See original description

3esmit (3esmit) on 2010-10-27

description:

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Scott Howard (showard314) wrote on 2010-11-11:

Thanks for the report. The RXTX library is installed in the correct location, per Debian policy [1]. The bug is actually in the JRE/JDKs for not looking in the right place. See bug #325506. I'm marking this bug a duplicate of that one.

This bug has been fixed in openjdk-6-jre [2] but is open in sun-java [3]

[1] http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/java-policy/x104.html
[2] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=517338
[3] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=382686