Kiwix and Freemind (strange dependencies issues)

[hxod]

Hello, everybody,

I'm not sure if I am posting into the correct place. If not, (I beg your pardon and) let me know and I'll move it as soon as possible. Anyway,

I'm running Sabayon 8 with Gnome, but since the installation I'm only using the fluxbox (got tired of gnome's out of box tecnology). The machine is a Zitech tempo laptop, 32b.

Firstly,
I installed Kiwix (zim readear, wikipedia offline reader). But it keeps saying that Xulrunner is not installed, eventhough it is. Herehttp://packages.sabayon.org/show/kiwix,71841,sabayon-weekly,amd64,5,standard/dependencies#package-widget-show-what I found out that the kiwix's dependency is net-libs/xulrunner:1.9, but the one I have installed (and the only one I can find by equo search) is net-libs/xulrunner-2.0.1-r1. Am I supposed to compile the 1.9?

Sencondly,
I installed freemind by equo (not sulfur!). When I try to run, that's what I get:

~ $ freemind
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/gjl-2.7", line 264, in <module>
vm = get_vm(pkg)
File "/usr/bin/gjl-2.7", line 157, in get_vm
target, needs_jdk = get_needed_target2(pkg)
File "/usr/bin/gjl-2.7", line 49, in get_needed_target2
target = pkg.target()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/java_config_2/Virtual.py", line 112, in target
return self.get_provider().query("TARGET")
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/java_config_2/Virtual.py", line 216, in get_provider
vm = self._manager.get_active_vm()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/java_config_2/EnvironmentManager.py", line 128, in get_active_vm
self.load_active_vm()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/java_config_2/EnvironmentManager.py", line 121, in load_active_vm
raise InvalidVMError("Unable to determine valid vm. Please see http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/java.xml#doc_chap4")
java_config_2.Errors.InvalidVMError: Unable to determine valid vm. Please see http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/java.xml#doc_chap4
Couldn't get needed information

Well, I'm using Virtualbox (for archlinux, trying to learn I little more about linux, ehe), and I'm also running Juggling lab (java based app), so as far as I'm concerned, I do have java installed. I read a lot about java into Gentoo's documention, but English is not my first language (pardon my mistakes!), and I'm not sure I understand what I'm supposed to do. And Also, everytime I tried to use portage or gentoo's issues, I screwd the whole system (that's why I'm trying to fix it by equo). And I do have a recent installed Sabayon because when I was trying to follow gentoo's documentation about intel hda sound card I lost the system (well, let's say that I was unable to fix, as far as my knowledge doesn't go as far I would like it to).
Because all the reasons mentioned above I hadn't try to follow the gentoo's instructions - yet.

So, anyhow I'm here not looking for a babysister, but at least some tips about what I'm supposed to do... Since weeks I've been trying to fix it without any progress, so here I am, and Kiwix and Freemind are tools that I REALLY need for my studings and works.


Friendly,
Hxod

[joost]

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eselect java-vm list

then:
eselect java-vm set number
to the vm you desire to use. (most likely icedtea-7)

[hxod]

Joost, thank you for your attention! I tried as normal and as root, and I got the same answers:

# eselect java-vm list
Available Java Virtual Machines:
grep: /usr/share/java-config-2/vm/sun-jdk-1.6: No such file or directory
[1] icedtea-7
[2] icedtea-bin-6
[3] sun-jdk-1.6 system-vm

# eselect java-vm set 1
!!! Error: Usage [user|system] [vm]
exiting
# eselect java-vm set 2
!!! Error: Usage [user|system] [vm]
exiting
# eselect java-vm set 3
!!! Error: Usage [user|system] [vm]
exiting

Noneof them working. Should I (re)install one of them (like icedtea, as far it is open, I would prefer it)?

(:

Sammondane,
Hxod

[joost]

you want to set it system wide (as root)
so as root do it like this:

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eselect java-vm set system 1

Welcome to the Gentoo way of doing things.

[hxod]

Thank you, Joost! Now I can lunch freemind!
But, I got curious and went to the terminal, and got this:

$ freemind
Checking Java Version...

STDOUT: User patterns file /home/mar/.freemind/patterns.xml not found.
STDOUT: User patterns file /home/mar/.freemind/patterns.xml not found.

I'm using freemind without problem, as far as I am concerned there's nothing "not working". Should I worry about this?


And are there any tips about what to do with Kiwix? Is there a way to tell kiwix that Xulrunner IS installed?


Sammondane,
Hxod

[joost]

Kiwix seems to depend on old xulrunner. It will probably be dropped from tree soon, unless upstream releases something new that works with latest xulrunner.