Working with jython in openSUSE 13.2

[Cecil Westerhof]

On Saturday 20 Jun 2015 15:01 CEST, Laura Creighton wrote:

> In a message of Sat, 20 Jun 2015 12:58:33 +0200, Cecil Westerhof
> writes:
>> I installed Jython in openSUSE 13.2. But when calling jython I get:
>> /usr/bin/build-classpath: error: JAVA_LIBDIR must be set
>> Error: Could not find or load main class org.python.util.jython
>>
>> Does anyone have an idea what I need to do to get it working?
>
> Go look for something called java.conf
>
> Mine is in /etc/java
>
> It looks like this:
>
> # System-wide Java configuration file -*- sh -*- JPackage Project
> #<http://www.jpackage.org/> Location of jar files on the system
> #JAVA_LIBDIR=/usr/share/java Location of arch-specific jar files on
> #the system JNI_LIBDIR=/usr/lib/java List of known java homes (used
> #for autodetection if none is provided)
> #JAVA_HOME_LIST=$JAVA_LIBDIR-utils/java_home.list Root of all JVM
> #installations JVM_ROOT=/usr/lib/jvm Default jvm
> #JAVA_HOME=$JVM_ROOT/java Options to pass to the java interpreter
> #JAVACMD_OPTS=
>
> -------
>
> This is the version for Suse, which I think is the one you ought
> to have.  But I am not sure if this is where you ought to find it.

Thanks. Some things where there, but commented out. And some things
where not there. I changed it and now I can run jython, but it is
version 2.2.1. So probably it is better to download and install the
latest version.

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Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
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