Help Additional Requirements to use the Graphical User Interface of the Intel Debugger

[apextreme]

hi. I have problems installing the compiler, because it indicates that my computer need to install Java * Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 (also called 1.5) or 6.0 (1.6). I tried to install it but I can not. You can help me install java please? I am using Fedora 10 and the compiler 11.1. thanks

[TimP]

I don't know how close Fedora is to Red Hat 5.3, or whether you are running i386 or x86_64. I assume you don't have jrockit installed.
For Red Hat, you must check whether the "java" command is a symlink to gij:
if 'which java'
reports /usr/bin/java
and 'ls -l /usr/bin/java' shows a symlink to gij, you must remove that symlink. Sun jre can install even in the presence of the gij symlink, but ifort won't see it.
Then install the jre from www.java.com, if Sun jre isn't available from a yum mirror. As far as I know, you should use the current suggested version, even if Intel compiler instructions suggest an older one. I was never able to use 1.5 or older ones. You must get the x86_64 version if running that version of Fedora. You don't need to remove Sun jre 1.5, in case other installed software is using it, but you should clean out older versions.
I believe, after you download the binary from Sun, you must set execute permission on it (chmod +x ....), then run it from command line: ./
It is to be wondered why the ifort installation instructions don't give more help on this, but you should be more explicit about what you tried and what messages you got.

[apextreme]

Vamos a ver lo que pasa!!!

[apextreme]

The problem is this.
Install java version "1.5.0_19" via Synaptic. When I write in the console java-version, this gives me the following message:
angelo @ apextreme: ~ $ java-version
java version "1.5.0_19"
Java 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_19-b02)
Java HotSpot Server VM (build 1.5.0_19-b02, mixed mode).
So actually this java installed on my system, but when installing intel fortran compiler, this is stating the following:

Step no: 4 of 7 | Installation configuration - Optional Pre-requisite Missing
-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------
This system does not appear to have a Java * JRE version 5.0 (also referred to as
1.5.0) installed. This may Prevent operation of the Intel Debugger GUI. For
further details, please refer to the System Requirement section of the product
Release Notes.
-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------
1. Finish with prerequisites and continue installation [default]
2. Back to Pre-requisite summary dialog

h. Help
b. Back to the previous menu
q. Quit
-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------
Please type a Selection or press "Enter" to accept default choice [1]:

My operating system is Ubuntu 9.04 live cd and 32-bit architecture

What do I do?
I set some PATH in .basrc?
please help!
Thanks

[TimP]

I have encountered an ifort installation myself, on a standard distro, where the jre which was working with the preceding version of the compiler doesn't satisfy the installer. If you proceed with the installation, the only question remaining is whether you are able to start up the idb debugger. I would hope that the installer message is erroneous. As long as you get that response from 'java -version', I would say you don't have a problem with PATH. If you aren't able to start idb, I would try updating Sun jre to a current version (even though the message indicates a preference for your older version), preferably with Ubuntu mirrors, if not, from Sun's own download site, still ignoring any message from the installer.

[Hubert_H_Intel]

I encountered this issue too today when I updated ifort to the current version 11.1.056. On both of my systems the same warning "-- No compatible Java* Runtime Environment (JRE) found" was issued although my JREs definitely are ok and I'm usually working under them with the IDB Debugger.

I searched in our defect database and found that there is alreday a defect entered for this.
So for now, you can safely ignore the warning from the installer as long as the JAVA version is issued correctly on the console, i.e. a 1.5 or 1.6 version, for example:

$ java -version
java version "1.6.0_14"
Java SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_14-b08)
Java HotSpot Client VM (build 14.0-b16, mixed mode, sharing)
$

or on a 64-bit system

$ java -version
java version "1.6.0_10"
Java SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_10-b33)
Java HotSpot 64-Bit Server VM (build 11.0-b15, mixed mode)
$

[TimP]

The version of Sun jre which is accepted without installer complaint appears to differ between icc and ifort, although any of the versions from 1.6.0_10 to 1.6.0_16 (current) are working.
On another thread, it was mentioned that OpenJDK provided by Ubuntu is not supported, and may require replacement by Sun jre.

[Hubert_H_Intel]

Quoting - tim18

The version of Sun jre which is accepted without installer complaint appears to differ between icc and ifort, although any of the versions from 1.6.0_10 to 1.6.0_16 (current) are working.
On another thread, it was mentioned that OpenJDK provided by Ubuntu is not supported, and may require replacement by Sun jre.

We do not specify which JRE must be used. The system requirements just say:

Additional Requirements to use the Graphical User Interface of the Intel Debugger
- IA-32 architecture system or Intel 64 architecture system
- Java* Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 (also called 1.5) or 6.0 (1.6)
A 32-bit JRE must be used on an IA-32 architecture system and a 64-bit JRE
must be used on an Intel 64 architecture system

Additional Requirements to use Eclipse* Integration
- IA-32 architecture system or Intel 64 architecture system
- Eclipse* 3.5.x or 3.4.x
- Eclipse C/C++ Development Tools (CDT) 6.0.x or 5.0.x
- Java Run-Time Environment 5.0 (1.5) or 6.0 (1.6)


On my Ubuntu9.04 system I'm running

$ java -version
java version "1.6.0_0"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.4.1) (6b14-1.4.1-0ubuntu11)
OpenJDK Client VM (build 14.0-b08, mixed mode, sharing)
$ which java

and it works fine with IDB.