[gecode-users] Configure fails on Gentoo Linux

[andrew cooke]

Why can't you add the JDK bin directory to your PATH?  You should be able
to type "which javac" and see the location.

Andrew

> Hello,
>
> I am not sure if it is bug or just some system-related complication.
>
> I am trying to install Gecode/J on Gentoo Linux. Gecode has installed
> without a hitch just by following instructions, but Gecode/J failed to
> do so.
>
>
> shell> ./configure
> checking for the host operating system... Linux
> checking for g++... g++
> checking for C++ compiler default output file name... a.out
> checking whether the C++ compiler works... yes
> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
> checking for suffix of executables...
> checking for suffix of object files... o
> checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
> checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
> checking for ranlib... ranlib
> checking for swig... /usr/bin/swig
> checking if swig version 1.3.33 is available... found incompatible
> 1.3.34, not using swig
> checking for pkg-config... pkg-config
> checking whether we have the pkg-config tool... yes
> checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
> checking for gcc... gcc
> 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 the C++ compiler vendor... gnu
> checking Whether to build for different architectures... no
> checking whether to build with debug symbols and assertions... no
> checking whether to build with profiling information... no
> checking for
> /home/vasily/.gentoo/java-config-2/current-user-vm/bin/javac... no
> configure: error:
> /home/vasily/.gentoo/java-config-2/current-user-vm/bin/javac could not
> be found in path
>
> /home/vasily/.gentoo/java-config-2/current-user-vm/bin/javac is local
> definition of $JAVAC variable.
>
> I have been able to reproduce this problem on both release and SVN
> versions.
>
> I have tried manually tweaking this variable and point to javaDir
> directly, but it didn't help either.
>
> If you need some more information to resolve, I would be happy to
> help, since at this point I do not know what kind of system
> information you might need.
>
> Regards,
> Vasilij Savin
>
>
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