Oracle JDeveloper: documentation link not working

[Neil Zanella]

Hello,

I am puzzled as to where the best place to put unpacked Java files would be
under Linux. Most Linux software gets scattered across directories such as
bin,share,sbin,usr,etc... and on Red Hat you can then query the files
pertaining to the unpacked files with rpm's -qf machanism. But must
Java packages just come in one big zip file, which means you've got
to keep changing your environment variables or updating symlinks to
some unpacked zip file under /usr/local to do a proper installation
it seems.

Anyways, my question is, I just "installed" JDeveloper by unzipping and
running:

sh jdev/bin/jdev

I get two screens:

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Oracle JDeveloper 10g

The user home located under directory
/home/johndoe/jdevhome/ does not exist.
Would you like to create it now?

[ Yes ] [ No ]

-> yes

----------------------------------------

Migrate User Settings

Would you like to migrate from a previous
version of JDeveloper?

[ Yes ] [ No ]
-> no

----------------------------------------

Then when I click on "Getting Started with Oracle JDeveloper"
the software throws some exceptions and no web browser application
with the given page shows up (although I then found it with google).

Anyone know what the cause of this problem is and how to possibly fix it?

Thanks,

Neil

[anonymous]

Neil Zanella wrote: Hello, I am puzzled as to where the best place to put unpacked Java files would be under Linux. Most Linux software gets scattered across directories such as bin,share,sbin,usr,etc... and on Red Hat you can then query the files pertaining to the unpacked files with rpm's -qf machanism. But must Java packages just come in one big zip file, which means you've got to keep changing your environment variables or updating symlinks to some unpacked zip file under /usr/local to do a proper installation it seems. Anyways, my question is, I just "installed" JDeveloper by unzipping and running: sh jdev/bin/jdev I get two screens: ---------------------------------------- Oracle JDeveloper 10g The user home located under directory /home/johndoe/jdevhome/ does not exist. Would you like to create it now? [ Yes ] [ No ] -> yes ---------------------------------------- Migrate User Settings Would you like to migrate from a previous version of JDeveloper? [ Yes ] [ No ] -> no ---------------------------------------- Then when I click on "Getting Started with Oracle JDeveloper" the software throws some exceptions and no web browser application with the given page shows up (although I then found it with google). Anyone know what the cause of this problem is and how to possibly fix it? Thanks, Neil

Go to Tools->Preferences and set your web browser preferences. I input
this /usr/X11R6/bin/opera, you just enter anything that will point to a
browser. Make sure you enter the entire path to work around an
irritating popup.