Description of problem: javaws is broken and can't find java. it seems the path is hardcoded line 89. Alternatives points to java binary, java command line works fine. Just javaws is broken (can't run applet from web browsers). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): icedtea-web.x86_64 0:1.4.2-0.fc20 How reproducible: static Steps to Reproduce: 1. install icedtea-web 2. type: javaws Actual results: ➜ ~ LANG=C javaws /usr/bin/javaws: line 89: /usr/lib/jvm/jre-openjdk/bin/java: No such file or directory Expected results: javaws should fine java Additional info: I tried to reinstall icedtea-web. No luck. ➜ ~ LANG=C alternatives --display java java - status is auto. link currently points to /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.60-2.4.5.1.fc20.x86_64/jre/bin/java /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.60-2.4.5.1.fc20.x86_64/jre/bin/java - priority 170051 slave jre: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.60-2.4.5.1.fc20.x86_64/jre slave jre_exports: /usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.60-2.4.5.1.fc20.x86_64 slave keytool: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.60-2.4.5.1.fc20.x86_64/jre/bin/keytool slave orbd: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.60-2.4.5.1.fc20.x86_64/jre/bin/orbd slave pack200: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.60-2.4.5.1.fc20.x86_64/jre/bin/pack200 slave rmid: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.60-2.4.5.1.fc20.x86_64/jre/bin/rmid slave rmiregistry: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.60-2.4.5.1.fc20.x86_64/jre/bin/rmiregistry slave servertool: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.60-2.4.5.1.fc20.x86_64/jre/bin/servertool slave tnameserv: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.60-2.4.5.1.fc20.x86_64/jre/bin/tnameserv slave unpack200: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.60-2.4.5.1.fc20.x86_64/jre/bin/unpack200 slave java.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/java-java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.60-2.4.5.1.fc20.x86_64.1.gz slave keytool.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/keytool-java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.60-2.4.5.1.fc20.x86_64.1.gz slave orbd.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/orbd-java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.60-2.4.5.1.fc20.x86_64.1.gz slave pack200.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/pack200-java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.60-2.4.5.1.fc20.x86_64.1.gz slave rmid.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/rmid-java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.60-2.4.5.1.fc20.x86_64.1.gz slave rmiregistry.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/rmiregistry-java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.60-2.4.5.1.fc20.x86_64.1.gz slave servertool.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/servertool-java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.60-2.4.5.1.fc20.x86_64.1.gz slave tnameserv.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/tnameserv-java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.60-2.4.5.1.fc20.x86_64.1.gz slave unpack200.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/unpack200-java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.60-2.4.5.1.fc20.x86_64.1.gz Current `best' version is /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.60-2.4.5.1.fc20.x86_64/jre/bin/java. ➜ ~ ll /usr/lib/jvm/ total 8 drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 20 janv. 09:37 java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.60-2.4.4.0.fc20.x86_64 drwxr-xr-x. 4 root root 4096 11 mars 17:27 java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.60-2.4.5.1.fc20.x86_64 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 21 11 mars 17:27 jre -> /etc/alternatives/jre lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 27 11 mars 17:27 jre-1.7.0 -> /etc/alternatives/jre_1.7.0 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 35 11 mars 17:27 jre-1.7.0-openjdk -> /etc/alternatives/jre_1.7.0_openjdk lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 51 11 mars 17:27 jre-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.60-2.4.5.1.fc20.x86_64 -> java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.60-2.4.5.1.fc20.x86_64/jre lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 29 11 mars 17:27 jre-openjdk -> /etc/alternatives/jre_openjdk
Moreover, the link /usr/lib/jvm/jre-openjdk doesn't exist. There is also a dead link /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.7.0-openjdk
Forgot to mention I have this packages installed : java-1.7.0-openjdk-headless-1.7.0.60-2.4.5.1.fc20.x86_64 java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.60-2.4.5.1.fc20.x86_64.rpm
yes. This is known issue. It is caused by not set alternatives corrctly after update. An old selinux bug may be an cause (it caused setting of alternatives after install to fail) , or you have alternatives in manual mode (the rpevious selinux bug could cause it). Please see the solutions in bugs in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1072295#c1 *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1072295 ***
Here is what I've done to fix that: alternatives --config jre_1.7.0 alternatives --config jre_openjdk alternatives --config jre_1.7.0_openjdk alternatives --config java_sdk_1.7.0_openjdk alternatives --config java_sdk_openjdk alternatives --config java_sdk_1.7.0 and then alternatives --remove NAME PATH for each of them. I hope now alternatives will automatically set the right path with next updates. Thanks for pointing the right solution.