josm-latest from Ubuntu repository doesn't work on i386 Precise (12.04)

[tordanik]

I have been unable to run josm-latest from the ​Ubuntu repository on my 32 bit system since my upgrade to Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin". The command line output is as follows:

$ josm-latest 
No valid JVM found to run JOSM.

My 64 bit Precise system is not affected. The /usr/bin/josm-latest script reveals that the script looks for java binaries in /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk. On my system, this folder is empty. However, there are folders /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-i386 and /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-i386 and adding either of these to the list of paths in the script makes it work.

[skyper]

#7702 seems to be related.

[RitterRunkel]

In my case I had to edit from java-6-openjdk to java-6-openjdk-amd64 in /usr/bin/josm to make josm running with my JVM ...

[skyper]

Have a look at the debian start script for a solution to solve this:

...
ARCH="`dpkg --print-architecture`"
...
 JAVA_CMDS="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-$ARCH/bin/java /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/java /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-$ARCH/bin/java /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/java "
...

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