[freenet-chat] Failed linux install

[Jano]

Florent Daignière wrote:

> * Jano <alejandro at mosteo.com> [2008-06-05
> 16:51:22]:
> 
>> Jano wrote:
>> 
>> > I went to the freesite, clicked on the 'install' which launched the java
>> > install.
>> > 
>> > I deselected all plugins, hit next, and in the last install step 7/7 the
>> > message shown is:
>> > 
>> > Online installation mode
>> > /home/user/fn07/node/bin/setup.sh: 36: java: not found
>> > chmod: cannot access `lib/*': No such file or directory
>> > 
>> > Then it said 'installation failed' after hitting next.
>> > 
>> > This computer is ubuntu 8.04, java is installed (and I've run nodes here
>> > before). If I go to some command line and issue 'java', it shows its help
>> > as expected. In the firefox about:config page, java appears correctly
>> > installed and detected.
>> 
>> Verified that going in all defaults (not touching the plugins) fails as
>> well.
>> 
>> Doing the manual install from command line, using java -jar
>> new_installer.jar, worked correctly.
> 
> It's probably because java web start has a cached version of the
> installer locally.
> 
> try javaws -viewer and purge its cache

Our messages crossed, he.

OK, got the javaws viewer. There the freenet launcher appeared as 'executable
when online'. In any case I deleted it, tried again, and the error happened
again, though now twice:

Online installation mode
Downloading the wrapper binaries
/home/user/fn07/node2/bin/setup.sh: 36: java: not found
/home/user/fn07/node2/bin/setup.sh: 37: java: not found
chmod: cannot access `lib/*': No such file or directory