[moneydance] MD can't find newly installed Java jre

[Larry Alkoff]

Lawrence Kalmakoff wrote:
> On July 2, 2007, Larry Alkoff wrote:
>> I've had to install Kubuntu Feisty Fawn to a new drive.
>> When I click on the Moneydance icon, it bounces and then stops without
>> loading.
>>
>> I previously ran sun-java5-jre but now am using java6-jre.
>> How do I tell moneydance about that?
>> I seem to remember a soft link in an earlier MD version.
>>
>> To move MD I did the following steps:
>> 1.  Install Java:
>> 	apt-get install sun-java6-jre
>>
>> 2.  Copied the personal MD files
>> 	cp -av /mnt/olddrive/home/user/inv/mdance/  /home/user/inv/
>>
>> 3.  Copied the /opt files:
>> 	cp -av /mnt/olddrive/opt/moneydance/        /opt/
>>
>> 4.  Copied the Desktop file:
>> 	cp /mnt/olddrive/home/user/Desktop/money\ dance.desktop
>>    /home/user/Desktop/
>>
>> Larry
> 
> I have moneydance installed in /opt/moneydance where I have a symbolic 
> link /opt/moneydance/jre that points to /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.00.  
> This solved my problem with java6.  
> 
> I am running Ubuntu Feisty Fawn, so your directory names where Java is 
> installed should be the same or similar.

Thanks very much for your help Larry which right on the money.
After creating the link in /opt/moneydance
jre -> /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.00
moneydance came right up.

For some strange reason, there was no corresponding link in same version 
of Feisty Fawn on the old drive.  Moneydance must have been finding the 
jre by some other method.  I've been using it for several months.

Warm regards and thanks,
Larry

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Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
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