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Message #11075
[Bug 1448548] Re: OpenJDK 7/8 don't generate .desktop needed by nautilus
cautious-launcher is an Ubuntu-specific helper that ensures .jar files
have the required executable bit set in order to comply with the
following:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/Policies#Execute-
Permission_Bit_Required
The problem with openjdk is with this section in the rules file:
# .desktop files need to be multiarch installable
java_launcher = /$(basedir)/bin/java
java_launcher = /usr/bin/java
ifeq ($(distribution),Ubuntu)
ifeq (,$(filter $(distrel),karmic jaunty intrepid hardy))
java_launcher = cautious-launcher %f /$(basedir)/bin/java
java_launcher = cautious-launcher %f /usr/bin/java
endif
endif
I'm not sure why java_launcher is getting set twice, and I'm not sure why we're limiting cautious-launcher to older ubuntu releases.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1448548
Title:
OpenJDK 7/8 don't generate .desktop needed by nautilus
Status in openjdk-7 package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in openjdk-8 package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Ubuntu Release: 15.04 Vivid Vervet
Version of Package: 8u45-b14-1
What I Expected to Happen: I expected that in order to install Java on my system, I could simply run:
sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jre OR sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk
I also expected that it would automatically generate a .desktop file inside of /usr/share/applications in order to set OpenJDK as the default way of opening .JAR files.
What Happened Instead: Java installs just fine. However, if I try to set OpenJDK as the default for opening .JAR files, there is no entry for OpenJDK in the "Default Applications" list (under Right Click > Properties > Open With). That meant that I had to manually navigate to /usr/share/applications in Terminal and manually create an openjdk-8-java.desktop file containing:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=OpenJDK Java 8 Runtime
Comment=OpenJDK Java 8 Runtime
Exec=java -jar %u
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=openjdk-8
Mimetype=application/x-java-archive;application/java-archive;application/x-jar;
NoDisplay=false
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