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 == Getting the ALT key working ==
 If your window manager use the `Alt` key as modifier key some combination within JOSM do not work.
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   Open Control Center --> Desktop --> Window Behaviour --> Actions
 
-* Otherwise you can use right alt key {{{Alt Gr}}} only.
+* Otherwise you can use right alt key `Alt Gr` only.
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 == Java Virtual Machine ==
-When using Ubuntu with Gnome you could install JOSM from the [/Download#Ubuntu repository]. If you haven't installed java please do so. Then you could start JOSM in the bash with the command josm. Sometimes there is an error like this:
+When using Debian or a Debian-based Linux like Ubuntu you could install JOSM from the [wikitr:/Download#Ubuntu repository]. The package should install all its dependencies including java. Then you could start JOSM in the shell with the command josm or use the item in the application menu. Sometimes there is an error like this:
 
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-You have to make a symbolic link in the folder `/usr/bin/` like this:
+You have to make a symbolic link in the folder `/usr/local/bin/` like this:
 
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 #!sh
-sudo ln -s /usr/bin/java /usr/bin/jamvm
+sudo ln -s /usr/bin/java /usr/local/bin/jamvm
 }}}
 
 Now you should be able to start JOSM.
 
+If you use Ubuntu older than 12.10, consider the possibility that you are experiencing the bug [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/josm/+bug/1186377 #1186377]. A workaround is described on ticket #8279.
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