# Tiny issues with the .deb package on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tiny-issues-with-the-deb-package-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts/7559
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 4, 2012, 7:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tiny-issues-with-the-deb-package-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts/7559 "2012-05-04T07:23:54Z")
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### Author:  [@Radu\_Gheorghe1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Radu_Gheorghe1)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2012, 7:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tiny-issues-with-the-deb-package-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts/7559/1 "2012-05-04T07:23:54Z")
Hi,
We currently use Elasticsearch 0.19.3 from the .deb package on the
website. I would like to report a few niggles we got when turning to
Ubuntu 12.04:
1. Elasticsearch doesn't work out-of-the box anymore:
# /etc/init.d/elasticsearch start
- no JDK found - please set JAVA\_HOME
This gets fixed with something like:
# ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/ /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk
As apparently the location for Java changed. Another option would be
to change this line in the startup script:
# The first existing directory is used for JAVA\_HOME (if JAVA\_HOME is
not defined in $DEFAULT)
JDK\_DIRS="/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun /usr/lib/
jvm/java-7-openjdk /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk"
1. Linitan gives quite a lot of errors and warnings on the .deb
package for a while now:
# lintian elasticsearch-0.19.3.deb
BFD: /tmp/temp-lintian-lab-aAvf5svdM1/pool/e/elasticsearch/
elasticsearch\_0.19.3\_all\_binary/unpacked/usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/
sigar/libsigar-ia64-linux.so: warning: sh\_link not set for section
`.IA\_64.unwind'
E: elasticsearch: arch-independent-package-contains-binary-or-object
usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/sigar/libsigar-amd64-linux.so
E: elasticsearch: arch-dependent-file-in-usr-share usr/share/
elasticsearch/lib/sigar/libsigar-amd64-linux.so
E: elasticsearch: unstripped-binary-or-object usr/share/elasticsearch/
lib/sigar/libsigar-amd64-linux.so
E: elasticsearch: arch-independent-package-contains-binary-or-object
usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/sigar/libsigar-ia64-linux.so
E: elasticsearch: arch-dependent-file-in-usr-share usr/share/
elasticsearch/lib/sigar/libsigar-ia64-linux.so
E: elasticsearch: unstripped-binary-or-object usr/share/elasticsearch/
lib/sigar/libsigar-ia64-linux.so
E: elasticsearch: arch-independent-package-contains-binary-or-object
usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/sigar/libsigar-x86-linux.so
E: elasticsearch: arch-dependent-file-in-usr-share usr/share/
elasticsearch/lib/sigar/libsigar-x86-linux.so
E: elasticsearch: unstripped-binary-or-object usr/share/elasticsearch/
lib/sigar/libsigar-x86-linux.so
E: elasticsearch: missing-dependency-on-libc needed by usr/share/
elasticsearch/lib/sigar/libsigar-amd64-linux.so and 2 others
E: elasticsearch: control-file-has-bad-permissions conffiles 0755 !=
0644
E: elasticsearch: no-copyright-file
W: elasticsearch: possible-unindented-list-in-extended-description
W: elasticsearch: extended-description-line-too-long
W: elasticsearch: extended-description-line-too-long
W: elasticsearch: extra-license-file usr/share/elasticsearch/
LICENSE.txt
W: elasticsearch: executable-not-elf-or-script usr/share/elasticsearch/
bin/elasticsearch.in.sh
W: elasticsearch: maintainer-script-needs-depends-on-adduser postinst
If there's something I can help with (especially the first issue seems
trivial to fix), I would gladly do. Just please point me to the
"regular" way of doing that.
Thanks and best regards,
Radu
---
### Author:  [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2012, 9:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tiny-issues-with-the-deb-package-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts/7559/2 "2012-05-04T09:45:12Z")
Yea, regarding 1, that would be great, if you can send a pull request that
includes the new locations that would be great. Can you also install Java 7
on 12.04 while you are at it and see if its path has changed as well? Just
send a pull request would be happy to get it in.
On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Radu Gheorghe [radu0gheorghe@gmail.com](mailto:radu0gheorghe@gmail.com)wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We currently use Elasticsearch 0.19.3 from the .deb package on the
> website. I would like to report a few niggles we got when turning to
> Ubuntu 12.04:
>
> 1. Elasticsearch doesn't work out-of-the box anymore:
>
> # /etc/init.d/elasticsearch start
>
> - no JDK found - please set JAVA\_HOME
>
> This gets fixed with something like:
>
> # ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/ /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk
>
> As apparently the location for Java changed. Another option would be
> to change this line in the startup script:
>
> # The first existing directory is used for JAVA\_HOME (if JAVA\_HOME is
>
> not defined in $DEFAULT)
> JDK\_DIRS="/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun /usr/lib/
> jvm/java-7-openjdk /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk"
>
> 1. Linitan gives quite a lot of errors and warnings on the .deb
> package for a while now:
>
> # lintian elasticsearch-0.19.3.deb
>
> BFD: /tmp/temp-lintian-lab-aAvf5svdM1/pool/e/elasticsearch/
> elasticsearch\_0.19.3\_all\_binary/unpacked/usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/
> sigar/libsigar-ia64-linux.so: warning: sh\_link not set for section
> `.IA\_64.unwind'
> E: elasticsearch: arch-independent-package-contains-binary-or-object
> usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/sigar/libsigar-amd64-linux.so
> E: elasticsearch: arch-dependent-file-in-usr-share usr/share/
> elasticsearch/lib/sigar/libsigar-amd64-linux.so
> E: elasticsearch: unstripped-binary-or-object usr/share/elasticsearch/
> lib/sigar/libsigar-amd64-linux.so
> E: elasticsearch: arch-independent-package-contains-binary-or-object
> usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/sigar/libsigar-ia64-linux.so
> E: elasticsearch: arch-dependent-file-in-usr-share usr/share/
> elasticsearch/lib/sigar/libsigar-ia64-linux.so
> E: elasticsearch: unstripped-binary-or-object usr/share/elasticsearch/
> lib/sigar/libsigar-ia64-linux.so
> E: elasticsearch: arch-independent-package-contains-binary-or-object
> usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/sigar/libsigar-x86-linux.so
> E: elasticsearch: arch-dependent-file-in-usr-share usr/share/
> elasticsearch/lib/sigar/libsigar-x86-linux.so
> E: elasticsearch: unstripped-binary-or-object usr/share/elasticsearch/
> lib/sigar/libsigar-x86-linux.so
> E: elasticsearch: missing-dependency-on-libc needed by usr/share/
> elasticsearch/lib/sigar/libsigar-amd64-linux.so and 2 others
> E: elasticsearch: control-file-has-bad-permissions conffiles 0755 !=
> 0644
> E: elasticsearch: no-copyright-file
> W: elasticsearch: possible-unindented-list-in-extended-description
> W: elasticsearch: extended-description-line-too-long
> W: elasticsearch: extended-description-line-too-long
> W: elasticsearch: extra-license-file usr/share/elasticsearch/
> LICENSE.txt
> W: elasticsearch: executable-not-elf-or-script usr/share/elasticsearch/
> bin/elasticsearch.in.sh
> W: elasticsearch: maintainer-script-needs-depends-on-adduser postinst
>
> If there's something I can help with (especially the first issue seems
> trivial to fix), I would gladly do. Just please point me to the
> "regular" way of doing that.
>
> Thanks and best regards,
> Radu
---
### Author:  [@Jordi\_Boggiano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jordi_Boggiano)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2012, 11:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tiny-issues-with-the-deb-package-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts/7559/3 "2012-05-08T11:31:22Z")
I have just done a setup on Ubuntu 12.04 and did not run into issues. I
suspect the problem is that Ubuntu does not come with Java anymore because
of Oracle policies.
Using [GitHub - flexiondotorg/oab-java6: Create a local 'apt' repository for Sun Java 6 and/or Oracle Java 7 packages.](https://github.com/flexiondotorg/oab-java6) to install the java
package worked well for me, and the latest ES deb installed/runs smoothly.
Cheers
>
---
### Author:  [@Radu\_Gheorghe1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Radu_Gheorghe1)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tiny-issues-with-the-deb-package-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts/7559/4 "2012-05-09T13:18:45Z")
@Shay:
- thanks for your reply!
- I've sent the pull request. I hope it's allright, because it's my
first
- regarding the errors and warnings of lintian, is there something I
can help with?
@Jordi: yes, I saw that Ubuntu doesn't come with Java, but the ES
debian package has a dependency on openjdk-6-jre-headless, so it
should work out of the box. The problem is that the path has changed
from 11.10.
If you didn't experience this issue (eg: ES started without having
Java installed before), then maybe this only happens on 64-bit
installations? Or did you have JAVA\_HOME set already?
Best regards,
Radu
On May 8, 2:31 pm, Jordi Boggiano [j.boggi...@seld.be](mailto:j.boggi...@seld.be) wrote:
> I have just done a setup on Ubuntu 12.04 and did not run into issues. I
> suspect the problem is that Ubuntu does not come with Java anymore because
> of Oracle policies.
>
> Usinghttps://github.com/flexiondotorg/oab-java6to install the java
> package worked well for me, and the latest ES deb installed/runs smoothly.
>
> Cheers
---
### Author:  [@Jordi\_Boggiano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jordi_Boggiano)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2012, 1:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tiny-issues-with-the-deb-package-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts/7559/5 "2012-05-09T13:56:43Z")
On Wednesday, May 9, 2012 3:18:45 PM UTC+2, Radu Gheorghe wrote:
> @Jordi: yes, I saw that Ubuntu doesn't come with Java, but the ES
> debian package has a dependency on openjdk-6-jre-headless, so it
> should work out of the box. The problem is that the path has changed
> from 11.10.
>
> If you didn't experience this issue (eg: ES started without having
> Java installed before), then maybe this only happens on 64-bit
> installations? Or did you have JAVA\_HOME set already?
I had JAVA\_HOME set I guess since I installed the sun-java6-jre package
before the ES one. I'm on 64bit too by the way.
Cheers
---
### Author:  [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tiny-issues-with-the-deb-package-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts/7559/6 "2012-05-09T19:58:09Z")
Maybe we should remove the dep on: openjdk-6-jre-headless | sun-java6-jre?
As they seem to change names, and just require people to install the JDK
before?
On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Jordi Boggiano [j.boggiano@seld.be](mailto:j.boggiano@seld.be) wrote:
> On Wednesday, May 9, 2012 3:18:45 PM UTC+2, Radu Gheorghe wrote:
>
> > @Jordi: yes, I saw that Ubuntu doesn't come with Java, but the ES
> > debian package has a dependency on openjdk-6-jre-headless, so it
> > should work out of the box. The problem is that the path has changed
> > from 11.10.
> >
> > If you didn't experience this issue (eg: ES started without having
> > Java installed before), then maybe this only happens on 64-bit
> > installations? Or did you have JAVA\_HOME set already?
>
> I had JAVA\_HOME set I guess since I installed the sun-java6-jre package
> before the ES one. I'm on 64bit too by the way.
>
> Cheers
---
### Author:  [@Radu\_Gheorghe1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Radu_Gheorghe1)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2012, 6:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tiny-issues-with-the-deb-package-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts/7559/7 "2012-05-10T06:02:09Z")
It seems like an option, indeed. Besides, if you want to use Java 7
you will end up with both installed...
On May 9, 10:58 pm, Shay Banon [kim...@gmail.com](mailto:kim...@gmail.com) wrote:
> Maybe we should remove the dep on: openjdk-6-jre-headless | sun-java6-jre?
> As they seem to change names, and just require people to install the JDK
> before?
>
> On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Jordi Boggiano [j.boggi...@seld.be](mailto:j.boggi...@seld.be) wrote:
>
> > On Wednesday, May 9, 2012 3:18:45 PM UTC+2, Radu Gheorghe wrote:
>
> > > @Jordi: yes, I saw that Ubuntu doesn't come with Java, but the ES
> > > debian package has a dependency on openjdk-6-jre-headless, so it
> > > should work out of the box. The problem is that the path has changed
> > > from 11.10.
>
> > > If you didn't experience this issue (eg: ES started without having
> > > Java installed before), then maybe this only happens on 64-bit
> > > installations? Or did you have JAVA\_HOME set already?
>
> > I had JAVA\_HOME set I guess since I installed the sun-java6-jre package
> > before the ES one. I'm on 64bit too by the way.
>
> > Cheers
---
### Author:  [@Jordi\_Boggiano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jordi_Boggiano)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2012, 7:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tiny-issues-with-the-deb-package-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts/7559/8 "2012-05-10T07:47:27Z")
On 09.05.2012 21:58, Shay Banon wrote:
> Maybe we should remove the dep on: openjdk-6-jre-headless |
> sun-java6-jre? As they seem to change names, and just require people to
> install the JDK before?
I think the best way would be to add a dependency on `java-runtime`,
because that is provided by all the java/openjdk packages I've checked.
Then if nothing is installed it will install the system default, but if
you have something already it should use it happily.
Cheers
--
Jordi Boggiano
@seldaek - [http://nelm.io/jordi](http://nelm.io/jordi)
---
### Author:  [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tiny-issues-with-the-deb-package-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts/7559/9 "2012-05-10T20:24:06Z")
Where have you seen java-runtime? I missed that I think... . I added
dependency on openjdk-7 first, and then 6 later, one of the main problems
we have is that the openjdk 6 version is really old...
On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 10:47 AM, Jordi Boggiano [j.boggiano@seld.be](mailto:j.boggiano@seld.be) wrote:
> On 09.05.2012 21:58, Shay Banon wrote:
>
> > Maybe we should remove the dep on: openjdk-6-jre-headless |
> > sun-java6-jre? As they seem to change names, and just require people to
> > install the JDK before?
>
> I think the best way would be to add a dependency on `java-runtime`,
> because that is provided by all the java/openjdk packages I've checked.
> Then if nothing is installed it will install the system default, but if
> you have something already it should use it happily.
>
> Cheers
>
> --
> Jordi Boggiano
> @seldaek - [http://nelm.io/jordi](http://nelm.io/jordi)
---
### Author:  [@Jordi\_Boggiano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jordi_Boggiano)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2012, 7:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tiny-issues-with-the-deb-package-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts/7559/10 "2012-05-11T07:29:24Z")
On 10.05.2012 22:24, Shay Banon wrote:
> Where have you seen java-runtime? I missed that I think... . I added
> dependency on openjdk-7 first, and then 6 later, one of the main
> problems we have is that the openjdk 6 version is really old...
java-runtime is not a real package, it's just a virtual package, if you
require it it should select & view a package that provides it as valid.
Both those package list java-runtime as provided:
$ aptitude show sun-java6-jre
Package: sun-java6-jre
[...]
Provides: java-runtime, java-runtime-headless, java-virtual-machine,
java2-runtime, java2-runtime-headless, java5-runtime,
java5-runtime-headless, java6-runtime, ...
$ aptitude show openjdk-7-jre
Package: openjdk-7-jre
[...]
Provides: java-runtime, java2-runtime, java5-runtime, java6-runtime,
java7-runtime
Cheers
--
Jordi Boggiano
@seldaek - [http://nelm.io/jordi](http://nelm.io/jordi)
---
### Author:  [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2012, 11:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tiny-issues-with-the-deb-package-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts/7559/11 "2012-05-13T11:57:50Z")
I see, and which actual package does it default to on different Ubuntu
versions? i.e. which one will be installed? (
[http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/java-runtime](http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/java-runtime)).
On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 10:29 AM, Jordi Boggiano [j.boggiano@seld.be](mailto:j.boggiano@seld.be) wrote:
> On 10.05.2012 22:24, Shay Banon wrote:
>
> > Where have you seen java-runtime? I missed that I think... . I added
> > dependency on openjdk-7 first, and then 6 later, one of the main
> > problems we have is that the openjdk 6 version is really old...
>
> java-runtime is not a real package, it's just a virtual package, if you
> require it it should select & view a package that provides it as valid.
> Both those package list java-runtime as provided:
>
> $ aptitude show sun-java6-jre
> Package: sun-java6-jre
> [...]
> Provides: java-runtime, java-runtime-headless, java-virtual-machine,
> java2-runtime, java2-runtime-headless, java5-runtime,
> java5-runtime-headless, java6-runtime, ...
>
> $ aptitude show openjdk-7-jre
> Package: openjdk-7-jre
> [...]
> Provides: java-runtime, java2-runtime, java5-runtime, java6-runtime,
> java7-runtime
>
> Cheers
>
> --
> Jordi Boggiano
> @seldaek - [http://nelm.io/jordi](http://nelm.io/jordi)
---
### Author:  [@Jordi\_Boggiano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jordi_Boggiano)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2012, 12:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tiny-issues-with-the-deb-package-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts/7559/12 "2012-05-13T12:04:49Z")
On 13.05.2012 13:57, Shay Banon wrote:
> I see, and which actual package does it default to on different Ubuntu
> versions? i.e. which one will be installed?
> ([http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/java-runtime](http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/java-runtime)).
I believe it uses default-jre which is a virtual package they can point
to anything that's deemed the best choice at the time. At the moment it
seems to be openjdk6 [http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/default-jre](http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/default-jre)
In any case, it gives the choice to the end user to install whatever
java they want before installing your package. While if you require one
package explicitly, you take this away.
Cheers
--
Jordi Boggiano
@seldaek - [http://nelm.io/jordi](http://nelm.io/jordi)
---
### Author:  [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tiny-issues-with-the-deb-package-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts/7559/13 "2012-05-15T20:11:51Z")
If thats the behavior, then it sounds better. Can you send a pull request
with the change?
On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Jordi Boggiano [j.boggiano@seld.be](mailto:j.boggiano@seld.be) wrote:
> On 13.05.2012 13:57, Shay Banon wrote:
>
> > I see, and which actual package does it default to on different Ubuntu
> > versions? i.e. which one will be installed?
> > ([http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/java-runtime](http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/java-runtime)).
>
> I believe it uses default-jre which is a virtual package they can point
> to anything that's deemed the best choice at the time. At the moment it
> seems to be openjdk6 [http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/default-jre](http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/default-jre)
>
> In any case, it gives the choice to the end user to install whatever
> java they want before installing your package. While if you require one
> package explicitly, you take this away.
>
> Cheers
>
> --
> Jordi Boggiano
> @seldaek - [http://nelm.io/jordi](http://nelm.io/jordi)
---
### Author:  [@Radu\_Gheorghe1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Radu_Gheorghe1)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tiny-issues-with-the-deb-package-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts/7559/14 "2012-05-16T14:51:06Z")
I know this message wasn't for me, but I have a related question.
I'd like to contribute with fixes for the .deb package (see issue 2
from the original post), but I don't know how to do it (as in "where
to submit patches"). I've seen on github at Elasticsearch that
the .deb packages was "moved to maven" or something. Even with
Google's help, I couldn't find how to contribute to the
Elasticsearch .deb package.
Excuse my noobness, do you have any hints? I'd really love to help.
Best regards,
Radu
On 15 mai, 22:11, Shay Banon [kim...@gmail.com](mailto:kim...@gmail.com) wrote:
> If thats the behavior, then it sounds better. Can you send a pull request
> with the change?
>
> On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Jordi Boggiano [j.boggi...@seld.be](mailto:j.boggi...@seld.be) wrote:
>
> > On 13.05.2012 13:57, Shay Banon wrote:
> >
> > > I see, and which actual package does it default to on different Ubuntu
> > > versions? i.e. which one will be installed?
> > > ([http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/java-runtime](http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/java-runtime)).
>
> > I believe it uses default-jre which is a virtual package they can point
> > to anything that's deemed the best choice at the time. At the moment it
> > seems to be openjdk6http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/default-jre
>
> > In any case, it gives the choice to the end user to install whatever
> > java they want before installing your package. While if you require one
> > package explicitly, you take this away.
>
> > Cheers
>
> > --
> > Jordi Boggiano
> > @seldaek -[http://nelm.io/jordi](http://nelm.io/jordi)
---
### Author:  [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tiny-issues-with-the-deb-package-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts/7559/15 "2012-05-16T19:43:58Z")
Here is the location of hte deb package on github:
[https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/tree/master/src/deb](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/tree/master/src/deb). If you
want, you can send patches or attache them as gists to an issue you can
open on github, but the best is to send pull requests.
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Radu Gheorghe [radu0gheorghe@gmail.com](mailto:radu0gheorghe@gmail.com)wrote:
> I know this message wasn't for me, but I have a related question.
>
> I'd like to contribute with fixes for the .deb package (see issue 2
> from the original post), but I don't know how to do it (as in "where
> to submit patches"). I've seen on github at Elasticsearch that
> the .deb packages was "moved to maven" or something. Even with
> Google's help, I couldn't find how to contribute to the
> Elasticsearch .deb package.
>
> Excuse my noobness, do you have any hints? I'd really love to help.
>
> Best regards,
> Radu
>
> On 15 mai, 22:11, Shay Banon [kim...@gmail.com](mailto:kim...@gmail.com) wrote:
>
> > If thats the behavior, then it sounds better. Can you send a pull request
> > with the change?
> >
> > On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Jordi Boggiano [j.boggi...@seld.be](mailto:j.boggi...@seld.be)
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On 13.05.2012 13:57, Shay Banon wrote:
> > >
> > > > I see, and which actual package does it default to on different
> > > > Ubuntu
> > > > versions? i.e. which one will be installed?
> > > > ([http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/java-runtime](http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/java-runtime)).
> >
> > > I believe it uses default-jre which is a virtual package they can point
> > > to anything that's deemed the best choice at the time. At the moment it
> > > seems to be openjdk6http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/default-jre
> >
> > > In any case, it gives the choice to the end user to install whatever
> > > java they want before installing your package. While if you require one
> > > package explicitly, you take this away.
> >
> > > Cheers
> >
> > > --
> > > Jordi Boggiano
> > > @seldaek -[http://nelm.io/jordi](http://nelm.io/jordi)
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### Author:  [@Radu\_Gheorghe1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Radu_Gheorghe1)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2012, 4:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tiny-issues-with-the-deb-package-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts/7559/16 "2012-05-17T04:08:46Z")
OK, thanks! I'll take a look and ask further questions if I have them.
Best regards,
Radu
On 16 mai, 21:43, Shay Banon [kim...@gmail.com](mailto:kim...@gmail.com) wrote:
> Here is the location of hte deb package on github:[https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/tree/master/src/deb](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/tree/master/src/deb). If you
> want, you can send patches or attache them as gists to an issue you can
> open on github, but the best is to send pull requests.
>
> On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Radu Gheorghe [radu0gheor...@gmail.com](mailto:radu0gheor...@gmail.com)wrote:
>
> > I know this message wasn't for me, but I have a related question.
>
> > I'd like to contribute with fixes for the .deb package (see issue 2
> > from the original post), but I don't know how to do it (as in "where
> > to submit patches"). I've seen on github at Elasticsearch that
> > the .deb packages was "moved to maven" or something. Even with
> > Google's help, I couldn't find how to contribute to the
> > Elasticsearch .deb package.
>
> > Excuse my noobness, do you have any hints? I'd really love to help.
>
> > Best regards,
> > Radu
>
> > On 15 mai, 22:11, Shay Banon [kim...@gmail.com](mailto:kim...@gmail.com) wrote:
> >
> > > If thats the behavior, then it sounds better. Can you send a pull request
> > > with the change?
>
> > > On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Jordi Boggiano [j.boggi...@seld.be](mailto:j.boggi...@seld.be)
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > On 13.05.2012 13:57, Shay Banon wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I see, and which actual package does it default to on different
> > > > > Ubuntu
> > > > > versions? i.e. which one will be installed?
> > > > > ([http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/java-runtime](http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/java-runtime)).
>
> > > > I believe it uses default-jre which is a virtual package they can point
> > > > to anything that's deemed the best choice at the time. At the moment it
> > > > seems to be openjdk6http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/default-jre
>
> > > > In any case, it gives the choice to the end user to install whatever
> > > > java they want before installing your package. While if you require one
> > > > package explicitly, you take this away.
>
> > > > Cheers
>
> > > > --
> > > > Jordi Boggiano
> > > > @seldaek -[http://nelm.io/jordi](http://nelm.io/jordi)
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### Author:  [@Eric\_Jain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Eric_Jain)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tiny-issues-with-the-deb-package-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts/7559/17 "2012-05-18T22:01:04Z")
On May 4, 12:23 am, Radu Gheorghe [radu0gheor...@gmail.com](mailto:radu0gheor...@gmail.com) wrote:
> We currently use Elasticsearch 0.19.3 from the .debpackageon the
> website. I would like to report a few niggles we got when turning toUbuntu12.04:
>
> 1. Elasticsearch doesn't work out-of-the box anymore:
>
> # /etc/init.d/elasticsearch start
>
> - no JDK found - please set JAVA\_HOME
>
> This gets fixed with something like:
>
> # ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/ /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk
Just ran into the same issue... Had run `aptitude install openjdk-6- jre-headless` on a plain, 32 bit Ubuntu 12.04 LTS installation before
installing the elasticsearch deb package. To fix this, I had to create
this link:
ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-i386 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk
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### Author:  [@Radu\_Gheorghe1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Radu_Gheorghe1)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2012, 12:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tiny-issues-with-the-deb-package-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts/7559/18 "2012-05-20T12:37:22Z")
I suppose it's going to be fixed in the next release. It's fixed in
the "master".
On 19 mai, 01:01, Eric Jain [eric.j...@gmail.com](mailto:eric.j...@gmail.com) wrote:
> On May 4, 12:23 am, Radu Gheorghe [radu0gheor...@gmail.com](mailto:radu0gheor...@gmail.com) wrote:
>
> > We currently use Elasticsearch 0.19.3 from the .debpackageon the
> > website. I would like to report a few niggles we got when turning toUbuntu12.04:
>
> > 1. Elasticsearch doesn't work out-of-the box anymore:
> >
> > # /etc/init.d/elasticsearch start
> >
> > - no JDK found - please set JAVA\_HOME
>
> > This gets fixed with something like:
> >
> > # ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/ /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk
>
> Just ran into the same issue... Had run `aptitude install openjdk-6- jre-headless` on a plain, 32 bit Ubuntu 12.04 LTS installation before
> installing the elasticsearch deb package. To fix this, I had to create
> this link:
>
> ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-i386 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk
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### Author:  [@gearond](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gearond)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2012, 3:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tiny-issues-with-the-deb-package-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts/7559/19 "2012-09-16T15:42:38Z")
I found the same problem using 19.7 ES on Ubuntu 10.10 ( I take my time updating, and I don't like the Unity desktop )
Why is ES not just using $JAVA\_HOME? Isn't that what it's for?
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### Author:  [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2012, 9:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tiny-issues-with-the-deb-package-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts/7559/20 "2012-09-18T09:58:52Z")
Its actually using $JAVA\_HOME by default in the bin/elasticsearch script. The deb init.d script tries to find it automatically, based on a list of common locations, and if its not found, it will use the regular $JAVA\_HOME one.
On Sep 16, 2012, at 5:42 PM, gearond [gearond@sbcglobal.net](mailto:gearond@sbcglobal.net) wrote:
> I found the same problem using 19.7 ES on Ubuntu 10.10 ( I take my time
> updating, and I don't like the Unity desktop )
>
> Why is ES not just using $JAVA\_HOME? Isn't that what it's for?
>
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