[ jEdit-users ] Installing jEdit on Ubuntu

[Jim B. <jf_...@co...>]

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