Re: Java package install seems to be ok, but is NOT working.

[Sergei Steshenko]

--- On Mon, 2/18/13, Nusnus <address@hidden> wrote:

> From: Nusnus <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: Java package install seems to be ok, but is NOT working.
> To: address@hidden
> Date: Monday, February 18, 2013, 2:36 PM
> Dear All, 
> 
> I am having the same issue and here is a copy of the
> prompt:
> 
> 
> octave:1> setenv ("JAVA_HOME", "C:/Program
> Files/Java/jdk1.6.0_03")
> octave:2> setenv ("JAVA_HOM")
> octave:3> setenv ("JAVA_HOME", "C:/Program
> Files/Java/jdk1.7.0_13")
> octave:4> setenv ("PATH", [getenv('PATH') pathsep
> 'C:/Program
> Files/Java/jdk1.7.0_13/bin'])
> octave:5> strsplit (getenv("PATH"), pathsep)
> ans =
> {
>   [1,1] = C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_13\bin
>   [1,2] = C:\Program Files\NVIDIA
> Corporation\PhysX\Common
>   [1,3] = C:\Perl\site\bin
>   [1,4] = C:\Perl\bin
>   [1,5] = C:\WINDOWS\system32
>   [1,6] = C:\WINDOWS
>   [1,7] = C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem
>   [1,8] = C:\Program Files\Fichiers communs\DivX
> Shared\
>   [1,9] = C:\Program Files\GTK2-Runtime\bin
>   [1,10] = C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\
>   [1,11] = C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\miktex\bin
>   [1,12] = C:\Program Files\SSH Communications
> Security\SSH Secure Shell
>   [1,13] =
> C:\Octave\Octave3.6.2_gcc4.6.2\libexec\octave\3.6.2\site\exec\i686-pc-mingw32
>   [1,14] =
> C:\Octave\Octave3.6.2_gcc4.6.2\libexec\octave\api-v48+\site\exec\i686-pc-mingw32
>   [1,15] =
> C:\Octave\Octave3.6.2_gcc4.6.2\libexec\octave\site\exec\i686-pc-mingw32
>   [1,16] =
> C:\Octave\Octave3.6.2_gcc4.6.2\libexec\octave\3.6.2\exec\i686-pc-mingw32
>   [1,17] = C:\Octave\Octave3.6.2_gcc4.6.2\bin
>   [1,18] = C:\Octave\Octave3.6.2_gcc4.6.2\gnuplot\bin
>   [1,19] = C:\Octave\Octave3.6.2_gcc4.6.2\mingw32\bin
>   [1,20] = C:\Octave\Octave3.6.2_gcc4.6.2\msys\bin
>   [1,21] =
> C:\Octave\Octave3.6.2_gcc4.6.2\gs\gs9.05\bin
>   [1,22] = C:\Octave\Octave3.6.2_gcc4.6.2\pstoedit
>   [1,23] = C:\Octave\Octave3.6.2_gcc4.6.2\fig2dev
>   [1,24] = C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.7.0_13/bin
> }
> octave:6> system ("javac -version")
> javac 1.7.0_13
> ans = 0
> octave:7> pkg install -forge -auto -verbose java
> mkdir (C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\oct-2)
> untar (C:\Documents and
> Settings\Administrateur\java-1.2.9.tar.gz,
> C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\oct-2)
> ./configure: line 3257: test: too many arguments
> configure: WARNING: this package requires at least Java-1.5
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking whether the C compiler works... yes
> checking for C compiler default output file name... a.exe
> checking for suffix of executables... .exe
> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
> checking for suffix of object files... o
> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
> checking for mkoctfile...
> C:/Octave/Octave3.6.2_gcc4.6.2/bin/mkoctfile-3.6.2
> retrieving compile and link flags from
> C:/Octave/Octave3.6.2_gcc4.6.2/bin/mkoctfile-3.6.2
> checking for F77_FUNC... yes
> checking for octave...
> C:/Octave/Octave3.6.2_gcc4.6.2/bin/octave-3.6.2
> checking for OCTAVE_VERSION in Octave... 3.6.2
> checking for octave_config_info('canonical_host_type') in
> Octave...
> i686-pc-mingw32
> checking for octave_config_info('SHLEXT') in Octave... dll
> checking whether ln -s works... no, using cp -p
> checking for ranlib... ranlib
> checking for strip... strip
> checking for java... /c/Program
> Files/Java/jdk1.7.0_13/bin/java
> checking for javac... /c/Program
> Files/Java/jdk1.7.0_13/bin/javac
> checking for jar... /c/Program
> Files/Java/jdk1.7.0_13/bin/jar
> checking for Java version...
> configure: creating ./config.status
> config.status: creating Makeconf
> 
>   "$prefix" is
> C:/Octave/Octave3.6.2_gcc4.6.2/share/octave/packages/java-1.2.9
>   "$exec_prefix" is ${prefix}
> 
> octave commands will install into the following
> directories:
>    m-files:   /c/OctaveB/octave-3.6.2/share/octave/3.6.2/site/m/octave-forge
>    oct-files:
> /c/OctaveB/octave-3.6.2/lib/octave/3.6.2/site/oct/i686-pc-mingw32/octave-forge
>    binaries: 
> /c/OctaveB/octave-3.6.2/libexec/octave/3.6.2/site/exec/i686-pc-mingw32
> alternatives:
>    m-files:  
> /c/OctaveB/octave-3.6.2/share/octave/3.6.2/site/octave-forge-alternatives/m
>    oct-files:
> /c/OctaveB/octave-3.6.2/lib/octave/3.6.2/site/octave-forge-alternatives/oct/i686-pc-mingw32
> 
> shell commands will install into the following directories:
>    binaries:  ${exec_prefix}/bin
>    man pages: ${datarootdir}/man
>    libraries: ${exec_prefix}/lib
>    headers:   ${prefix}/include
> 
> octave-forge is configured with
>    octave:     
> C:/Octave/Octave3.6.2_gcc4.6.2/bin/octave-3.6.2 (version
> 3.6.2)
>    mkoctfile:   C:/Octave/Octave3.6.2_gcc4.6.2/bin/mkoctfile-3.6.2
> for
> Octave 2
>    java:        Java
> Development Kit not found
> 
> find . -name NOINSTALL -print    # shows which
> toolboxes won't be installed
> 
> make: Entering directory `/tmp/oct-2/java/src'
> Java support not compiled
> make: Leaving directory `/tmp/oct-2/java/src'
> For information about changes from previous versions of the
> java package,
> run 'news ("java")'.
> octave:8> pkg list
> Package Name  | Version | Installation directory
> --------------+---------+-----------------------
>         java *|   1.2.9
> |
> C:\Octave\Octave3.6.2_gcc4.6.2\share\octave\packages\java-1.2.9
> octave:9> s = javaObject ("java.lang.String", "Hello
> OctaveString")
> warning: the `javaObject' function is not yet implemented in
> Octave
> 
> Please read `http://www.octave.org/missing.html' to
> learn how you can
> contribute missing functionality.
> 
> 
> error: `javaObject' undefined near line 9 column 5
> octave:9> pkg load java
> octave:10> s = javaObject ("java.lang.String", "Hello
> OctaveString")
> warning: the `javaObject' function is not yet implemented in
> Octave
> 
> Please read `http://www.octave.org/missing.html' to
> learn how you can
> contribute missing functionality.
> 
> 
> error: `javaObject' undefined near line 10 column 5
> 
> 
> I am really desperate to get this working, hope you can
> help
> 
> 
> 
> 


I am neither Octave no Windows developer.

The first error message is
"
java:        Java Development Kit not found
".

And above I see:
"
  [1,24] = C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.7.0_13/bin
".

Well, the rule of thumb is to avoid whitespaces in paths - because shells and 
whitespaces are not friends - whitespace are used as characters to split on.

So I would first uninstall Java and reinstall it in a manner there are no 
whitespaces in the paths, e.g. create

C:\MySpecialJava

folder and install Java into it.

Regards,
  Sergei.