#613 Java Location

[Oldstat]

Running under linux mint 18.1 64 bit, installed from
areca-7.5-linux-gtk64.tar.gz. Discovered I needed some java
stuff, so followed from areca website.
Got jre-8u131-linux-x64.tar.gz fron Sun and installed in /usr/loca/share/jrel.8.0_131
Updated PATH and exported it.

Unhappily ./areca.sh cannot find it but continues to talk of /usr/java
I dont know whether that it thought to be a directory or not.

Advice on how to link areca with this java install will be most welcome.
Cheers /Oldstat

[Oldstat]

The issue seems to be with the version of Java according to
https://sourceforge.net/p/areca/bugs/581/
The fix there is to change the definition of JAVA_PROGRAM_DIR in one of
areca.sh or areca_check_version.sh.

The latter in my case looks like this: #!/usr/bin/env bash
PROGRAM_DIR=dirname "$0"
"${PROGRAM_DIR}"/bin/areca_run.sh com.application.areca.version.VersionCheckLauncher "$1" "$2" "$3" "$4" "$5" "$6" "$7" "$8" "$9" "${10}" "${11}" "${12}"

which isn't much help when it comes to knowing how to use that fix.

Any hints on a modification of the appropriate argument(s) would be welcome.

[Joe Linux]

Maybe it would make sense to post this comment here: https://sourceforge.net/p/areca/bugs/581/. When discussion on this is splitted up all over sourceforge, I guess no one will ever answer it all. No offense intended. Greetings, Joe