Think you should uncheck the checkbox “API documentation” in “ChooseĬomponents to install” screen. I get same error on my machine.Solved it by unchecking “API” checkbox. > I had no problems installing jedit5.1.0install.jar so this problem seems > java implementation ? Looking at Yast it says it is java-1_7_0-openjedk Anybody have any idea what is wrong with the OS > but since the destination directory is beneath my home directory this > The installer could not create the destination directory. > I have jedit 5.0 installed under OpenSuse 12.3. The installation also works properly for some other Linux distros ( CentOS 5 and 6, Mageia 3 ) but also fails in the same way as it does in OS 12.3 when I try to install the 5.1 version in Fedora 18. There is nothing else to read prior to the install and the instructions to install it are on the jedit site and are followed by me. The installer consists of a single jar file.

The defaults for these paths are all subdirectories of the my home directory. These paths are for the jedit installation files itself, for the startup jedit script, and for the jedit man pages. The line for version 5.1 is:Įven though the installation starts from a terminal window, once it starts it comes up with a GUI interface which presents the default install directories for the jedit The installation gives the paths it will install the files. The line I executed there was:Īnd it installed properly. The installer was the same for jedit5.0.0install.jar. I highly doubt that the package install would likely install where you expected by default but maybe with a switch will do as you wish. Try running the file with -h or -help to see if there are installation options.Read the INSTALL file or directions that normally come with any package or the documentation specific to that package.

This is because different distros can mount the User files differently which would create installer headaches using that path. In fact, if you install a generic package from a non-openSUSE site, I’d be surprised that by default a destination directory is defined other than in the same directory or in a standard location relative to root (instead of the logged in User). Or, IMO more likely you may have mis-remembered how you installed in the first place. The way the installer works may have changed.

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