Ubuntu installation

Troubleshooting SDK
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I got Ubuntu, and wanted jMonkeyEngine on it, so I downloaded the download, wen’t to run it, and it would only open in the basic text editor. What software do I need to run the installer?

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Are you talking about the SDK? First you have to install the sun jdk 6! Then when you run the jMonkeyEngine .sh, it will open the command line, and then it will open the Install Wizard…

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I’m talking about the engine, sorry for not specifying in my first post.

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http://hub.jmonkeyengine.org/groups/documentation/forum/topic/how-to-install-java-on-linux-ubuntu-10-10-tutorial/

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@chessmaster942 said:
What software do I need to run the installer?

@glaucomardano said:
Are you talking about the SDK?

@chessmaster942 said:
I'm talking about the engine, sorry for not specifying in my first post.

You confuse me.. There is no "installer" for the engine, you mean the SDK installer. Just make the .sh file executable:
chmod +x jME3_SDK_Beta-linux.sh
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What “basic text” are you talking about? The “jME Chooser” one? If you start the jMonkeyEngine.jar it will open the jme chooser! If you want to develop with the engine, you have to add the .jar to your project’s classpath. But you’ll need to install the sun jdk 6 before.

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He’s talking about the installer .sh file I think.

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Ops! Bumped the normen post.

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Yeah I was having problems with the .sh file, Ill give your fix a try

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What I’m having trouble with is that when I download the engine, I download a .sh file, and I can’t execute it on Ubuntu 11.10. I tried

@normen said:

chmod +x jME3_SDK_Beta-linux.sh

what is the +x supposed to be?
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never mind, I got the command working, I think it was a typo that wasn’t letting me run the command.

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@chessmaster942 said:
what is the +x supposed to be?

It makes the file executable, you should have that one handy when using Linux and downloading files ;)
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Is there a way to install sun java on a linux machine without permissions required to use sudo in the linux os?



I tried using openjdk in a vm running fedora and it was a nightmare from hell.

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I simply install the sun jdk by synaptic, because I use ubuntu. Does fedora have synaptic?

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This page no longer exists…

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It might be outdated for over 5 years now aswell.
In the meantime, you can safely download oracles jdk since ubuntu is now supported.
This is also no problem anymore since this exact jdk is part of the regular sdk installation bundle.
Just download and execute and you are done