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-'''Getting the ALT key working'''
-    If you are using KDE you may want to modify the ALT key behaviour:[[BR]]
-    Open Control Center --> Desktop --> Window Behaviour --> Actions
- 
-    And change the modifier key to something else.
+= HowTo > JOSM-under-Linux
+== Getting the ALT key working ==
+If your window manager use the `Alt` key as modifier key some combination within JOSM do not work.
+* You need to change the modifier key in your window manager preferences to some other key
+ * For **KDE** you may want to modify the `Alt` key behaviour:
 
-    Otherwise you can use right alt key (Alt Gr) only.
+  Open Control Center --> Desktop --> Window Behaviour --> Actions
 
-'''Java Virtual Machine'''
-   When using Ubuntu with Gnome you could install JOSM from the repositories. 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:
-  {{{
+* Otherwise you can use right alt key `Alt Gr` only.
+
+
+== Java Virtual Machine ==
+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:
+
+{{{
   No valid JVM found to run JOSM.
   Please install one of those mentioned in README.Debian
   or set the JAVACMD environment variable prior running josm.
 }}}
-  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:
+
 {{{
-  sudo ln -s /usr/bin/java /usr/bin/jamvm
+#!sh
+sudo ln -s /usr/bin/java /usr/local/bin/jamvm
 }}}
-  Now you should be able to start JOSM.
 
+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.
+
+----
+Back to [wikitr:/HowTo Howto] \\
+Back to [wikitr:/InstallNotes Install notes]