Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3073 mails)

[jfweber@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

On Thu January 3 2008, Chee How Chua scratched these words onto a 
coconut shell, hoping for an answer:
> On Jan 3, 2008 10:34 PM, Stevens <fred-n-sandy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Thursday 03 January 2008 08:16, Chee How Chua wrote:
> > > But I don't know what to tell my friends when I re-install. That
> > > in order to get Java running on Linux, I gotta re-install? This
> > > is going to be embarrassing. I've enough trouble convincing them
> > > to switch to Linux as it is...
> >
> > Tell them that you screwed up the original install. That way Linux
> > is off the hook.
>
> Good idea, except for the fact that I've been using it for months
> now. Not credible excuse.
>
> On Jan 3, 2008 10:49 PM,  <auxsvr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I had exactly the same problem. I solved it by removing the ~/.java
> > directory.
>
> Argh!!! I can't believe it's that simple! Removing the ~/.java
> directory does solve the problem!
>
> On that note, does anyone know what created that directory in the
> first place? Not that it's crucial to know.

I could be wrong but usually those ~/. files are created the first time 
you run the app. after that it adds anything it needs as needs arise. 
The ones in user directories are almost always specific to the users 
needs w/ only the caveat that they are not able to change anything 
settings admin ( root) sets. 

HTH


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j

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