Instructions for Linux installation?

[Mike Blyth]

Are there up-to-date instructions somewhere on how to install FrontlineSMS under Linux? I downloaded FrontlineSMS-distribution-1.6.16.3-linux_i686-dist.zip but could not find any readme or help files about installation. I tried running FrontlineSMS.sh but got an error "Cannot load AWT toolkit." Thanks.

[Alex Anderson]

Hi Mike,

 

Sounds like you're using OpenJDK as your Java implementation.  I think since Ubuntu 10.10 this is the default JVM used, and it doesn't have support for certain standard libraries which are required for graphical user interfaces.  A simple solution would be to install the Sun JRE using

 

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre

 

Hope that helps,

 

Alex

[Mike Blyth]

Thanks, Alexander. I must have already installed that, though, since when I typed "sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre" I got the reply that the latest version was already installed. Perhaps the OpenJDK is still installed and that's what FrontlineSMS is seeing? How does one manage multiple versions of JRE?

[Alex Anderson]

Hi Mike,

 

Try https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java#Choosing%20the%20default%20J... - "Choosing the default Java to use".  You can also check which one you are currently using with the command:

java -version

[Alex Anderson]

Hi Mike,

 

Did you manage to get things working yet?

 

Alex

[Mike Blyth]

Also, I would not mind running FrontlineSMS in a separate Linux installation, so if there is a distribution that is ideal for FrontlineSMS, that would be helpful to know.