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CAT/ Java installation problem

Asked by Bhikkhu Santi

I would like to install the following CAT translation facility. In the installation instructions it says that if a compatible Java thingee is installed then the file called 'OmegaT.jar' should start the install, but it doesn't. I looked in the Synaptic package manager where it seems to say that there is already a Java doobee installed, so does that mean that it's incompatible, if so what do I do?

Here's the link to the program I'm trying to install:

http://www.omegat.org/omegat/omegat_en/requirements.html

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Mike Perry (mike.perry) said : 		#1

Java 5 is now available in Dapper under the "non-free" have you looked there?

I'm not too farmilar with Java "doobee"

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Bhikkhu Santi (bh-santi) said : 		#2

I don't understand what Java 5 is about, do you mean that the OmegaT CAT translation software needs a Java 5?

A "doobee" just means that I'm not sure exactly what it's supposed to be called.

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Bhikkhu Santi (bh-santi) said : 		#3

I looked for other Java runtime environments and found these:

http://www.java.com/en/download/linux_manual.jsp

which one is compatible with Ubuntu?

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Onkar Shinde (onkarshinde) said : 		#4

1. Assuming that you are using Ubuntu 6.06, you don't need to manually install Java. It is available in multiverse repositories. Use synaptic package manager to install sun-java5-jre package
2. After installation run commands 'sudo update-alternatives --config java' & 'sudo update-alternatives --config jar' from terminal.
3. After this is done and command 'java -version' shows 1.5 you can try installing your package by double clicking it or using command 'java -jar OmegaT.jar'

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