[stevecoh1]

I found the FAQ topic “The InstallShield installer fails for me on Linux (e.g. RedHat, SuSE, etc.), how can I get this working?”.

While this seems to describe my symptoms perfectly, the solution proposed does not seem to work. I exported a LAX_VM variable and I still get the same error messages as I did before creating this environment variable. And yet, I do see the installer trying to use gcj.
Can someone explain what I am doing wrong

# Show env var is exported:
$ env | grep LAX
LAX_VM=/usr/local/j2sdk1.4.2/bin/java

# Show env var executes java:
$ $LAX_VM -v
java version “1.4.2”
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2-b28)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2-b28, mixed mode)

# Show env var fails to help InstallShield installer do the install:
$ ./EnterpriseWorkbenchInstaller_030803.bin
Preparing to install…
Extracting the installation resources from the installer archive…
Configuring the installer for this system’s environment…

Launching installer…

Warning: -Xmx50331648 not understood. Ignoring.
Warning: -Xms16777216 not understood. Ignoring.
Exception in thread “main” java.lang.InternalError: Unexpected exception while defining class ZeroGt: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.swing.JDialog
at 0x40268e17: java.lang.Throwable.Throwable(java.lang.String) (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.3)
etc. etc.

[Riyad Kalla]

Most likely the installer is still trying to run itself with gcj instead of Sun’s JDK, you can get around this most easily by downloading the manual install and using it (detailed instructions included in the download and its a 2-step process that is almost easier than running the installer).

[stevecoh1]

Uh, is this available on a trial basis? I can’t find it. Can you provide a link? Thanks.

[Riyad Kalla]

Please go the download area, you will see 5 downloads:

1) Windows
2) Mac
3) Linux
4) Manual Install
5) Archived Update Site

You will want to download the 4th one, it is just a Zip file. Are you not able to find it? (I can’t give you a direct link because the license agreement screen will intercept the click and take you to the front download page anyway).

[stevecoh1]

thanks, that worked.

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