Re: Oracle JDeveloper: documentation link not working

Neil Zanella wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am puzzled as to where the best place to put unpacked Java files would be
> under Linux. Most Linux software gets scattered across directories such as
> bin,share,sbin,usr,etc... and on Red Hat you can then query the files
> pertaining to the unpacked files with rpm's -qf machanism. But must
> Java packages just come in one big zip file, which means you've got
> to keep changing your environment variables or updating symlinks to
> some unpacked zip file under /usr/local to do a proper installation
> it seems.
>
> Anyways, my question is, I just "installed" JDeveloper by unzipping and
> running:
>
> sh jdev/bin/jdev
>
> I get two screens:
>
> ----------------------------------------
>
> Oracle JDeveloper 10g
>
> The user home located under directory
> /home/johndoe/jdevhome/ does not exist.
> Would you like to create it now?
>
> [ Yes ] [ No ]
>
> -> yes
>
> ----------------------------------------
>
> Migrate User Settings
>
> Would you like to migrate from a previous
> version of JDeveloper?
>
> [ Yes ] [ No ]
> -> no
>
> ----------------------------------------
>
> Then when I click on "Getting Started with Oracle JDeveloper"
> the software throws some exceptions and no web browser application
> with the given page shows up (although I then found it with google).
>
> Anyone know what the cause of this problem is and how to possibly fix it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Neil

Go to Tools->Preferences and set your web browser preferences. I input this /usr/X11R6/bin/opera, you just enter anything that will point to a browser. Make sure you enter the entire path to work around an irritating popup. Received on Sun Jan 02 2005 - 11:05:52 CET