installer uses a specific JDK as default when installing JBDS; when user updates to newer rpm, jbdevstudio.ini points to non-existent path ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Key: JBDS-3450 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBDS-3450 Project: Red Hat JBoss Developer Studio (devstudio) Issue Type: Bug Components: installer Affects Versions: 9.0.0.Beta1 Reporter: Nick Boldt Assignee: Denis Golovin Fix For: 11.0.0.GA, 11.3.0.GA Attachments: jbds-installer_step4-jvm-selection.png {quote} (2015-06-02 16:37:24) joshuaw: maxandersen: I just ran into an issue with JBDS if you have a min (2015-06-02 16:38:36) joshuaw: I'm running Fedora 22 and it wanted to update, so I let it. I think I had JBDS running when I restarted. When I restarted I couldn't start JBDS. (2015-06-02 16:39:02) joshuaw: I got the following error: A Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or Java Development Kit (JDK) (2015-06-02 16:39:02) joshuaw: must be available in order to run Jbdevstudio. No Java virtual machine (2015-06-02 16:39:02) joshuaw: was found after searching the following locations: (2015-06-02 16:39:02) joshuaw: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.45-38.b14.fc22.x86_64/bin/java (2015-06-02 16:39:31) nickboldt: does your ~/jbdevstudio/*.ini file point to a SPECIFIC path for java? (2015-06-02 16:39:40) joshuaw: let me check 16:40 (2015-06-02 16:40:10) nickboldt: if alternatives replaced the old JDK w/ newer one the problem is prolly that you're looking in a SPECIFIC place for JVM and Eclipse/JBDS can't find it (2015-06-02 16:41:37) joshuaw: though the OS update may have moved something :( (2015-06-02 16:42:10) nickboldt: does /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.45-38.b14.fc22.x86_64/bin/java exist? (2015-06-02 16:42:15) joshuaw: nickboldt: yeah, that location is in the .ini file (2015-06-02 16:42:28) nickboldt: and it actually exists on your disk after the update? (2015-06-02 16:42:29) joshuaw: nickboldt: that location does not exist (2015-06-02 16:42:32) nickboldt: aha (2015-06-02 16:42:45) nickboldt: cd /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8* (2015-06-02 16:42:48) nickboldt: pwd (2015-06-02 16:42:52) nickboldt: put that in your ini file (2015-06-02 16:45:46) joshuaw: I had /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.45-38.b14.fc22.x86_64/bin/java in the .ini file (2015-06-02 16:45:56) rbenevides is now known as rbenevides|afk (2015-06-02 16:46:03) joshuaw: and the system now has 1.8.0.45-39 (2015-06-02 16:46:19) joshuaw: funny how java -version doesn't list the -39 (2015-06-02 16:46:33) joshuaw: stupid minor minor version update (2015-06-02 17:46:43) maxandersen: joshuaw: any chance if you recall when you installed if you chose to use the default or specific version of a idk ? (2015-06-02 17:47:00) maxandersen: joshuaw: if used default it would be a bug if we added specific javavm to the ini file (2015-06-02 17:55:19) nickboldt: maxandersen: I never pick a specific one, just use default suggestion (2015-06-02 17:55:27) nickboldt: and I have $➔ cat studio/jbdevstudio.ini (2015-06-02 17:55:27) nickboldt: -vm (2015-06-02 17:55:27) nickboldt: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.71-2.5.3.0.fc20.x86_64/jre/bin/java (2015-06-02 17:55:36) maxandersen: thats bad (2015-06-02 17:55:40) nickboldt: so... maxandersen... BUG. :( (2015-06-02 17:56:19) maxandersen: nickboldt: can you open bug for that one ? {quote} It's possible the installer is using the CURRENT value of alternatives path for JDK... {code} $➔ alternatives --display java java - status is manual. link currently points to /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.71-2.5.3.0.fc20.x86_64/jre/bin/java /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.71-2.5.3.0.fc20.x86_64/jre/bin/java - priority 170071 {code} So we need to maybe point to a different path... say, in /usr/lib/jvm/jre/ ?