[Gvsig_english] errors when running gvSIG on Linux

[César Martínez Izquierdo]

Tim Michelsen wrote:
> Hi!
> 
>> You are using Java version 1.5.0; the recommended version to run gvSIG
>> is 1.4.2. Version 1.5.0 is unsupported for the moment.
> Intersting. Java 1.4.2 isn't even anymore in the repositories.

Oh, it is, you just need to search a bit in the Sun's site.
Anyway, we are wishing to switch to a newer Java version, but we need to
make more testing before that happens.


> I used the option:
> "Install ready to use in home directory"
> 
> Now it works.
> 
> Is this the prefered method or should all this Java options be installed
> system.

Yes, that is the preferred method.

> I'd like to have this directory to be selfcontained in order to be able
> to move it to /opt/
> For instance, when I rename the gvSIG_1.0.2/ to gvSIG_1.0.2x/ I get the
> folloing error msg in the console:
>  ./gvSIG.sh
> cd: 4: can't cd to /home/timmie/gvSIG_1.0.2/bin

Well, the launch script is not designed to allow moving the gvSIG
installation, but anyway the message you got is harmless.
You can easily edit that script if you want to get rid of that message.

Regards,

  César

> Well, the program runs nevertheless.
> 
> Thanks for your help!
> 
> Timmie
> 


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