Cannot use Java TAR file

[farzadmf]

I tried to use Java the same way I do in normal Ubuntu:

• Download and untar the official Java from oracle
• Create a soft link to the extracted directory
• Set my PATH and JAVA_HOME in ~/.bashrc to point to those
• To set my PATH, I do the following

export JAVA_HOME=/my/symbolic/link
export PATH="${JAVA_HOME}/bin:$PATH"

So, I have two problems:

• If I set JAVA_HOME to my symbolic link, it doesn't recognize it, and if I do which java, it's still using /usr/bin/java
• If I set JAVA_HOME to the actual extracted directory, it recognizes that it should run java in that directory, but when I try java -version, it just freezes and does nothing!

[onomatopellan]

Duplicate of #746
Fix coming in a future insider build.

About the tar, try to untar it in a VolFs folder like /home. DrvFs folders like /mnt/c have still problems with symlinks.

[farzadmf]

Actually, I have created a subdirectory under my home directory that contains jdk-1.8.0_101 and I have a symlink in the same directory, pointing to that:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 farza farza    13 Aug  7 19:04 java -> jdk1.8.0_101//
drwxr-xr-x 2 farza farza     0 Aug  7 19:04 jdk1.8.0_101/

UPDATE: I noticed the double slash at the end of the link target, so I ran my ln command again, and now I have:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 farza farza    13 Aug  7 19:04 java -> jdk1.8.0_101/
drwxr-xr-x 2 farza farza     0 Aug  7 19:04 jdk1.8.0_101/

It seems that the link issue is now solved (although I think an extra slash wouldn't make that much of a difference), but the problem with freezing still exists, which I hope will be resolved by later builds

[onomatopellan]

Yes, the symlink with slash at the end of the path is also a known bug. It's very easy to hit especially if you use TAB to complete a path. Should be fixed in next builds too.

[farzadmf]

Cool, I would really dream of being able to use a full bash on Windows (if that ever becomes a reality)