Re: [ jEdit-users ] Installing jEdit on Ubuntu

[Alan E. <ala...@gm...>]

There is nothing wrong with using openJDK 1.6 with jEdit.
Our compatibility problems with OpenJDK were related to the 1.5 release and
seem to be fixed now.


On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Jim Byrnes <jf_...@co...> wrote:

> I just did a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04.  I really didn't think about
> the fact that there was no jave installed before I went here
> http://www.jedit.org/index.php?page=download to install jEdit.
>
> I was surprised to see that as part of the installation process openjdk
> was installed.  If I remember correctly jEdit is not supported on openjdk.
>
> I don't know how Ubuntu's package system works so maybe nothing can be
> done about automatically installing openjdk. However, couldn't there be
> a warning on the website or a popup during installation saying it would
> be best if Oracles java was installed first?
>
> I know if I had been paying attention I would have seen openjdk in the
> list of packages to install before answering yes, but I wonder how many
> times this happens to others.
>
> Regards,  Jim
>
>
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