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Know How to Get SculptyPaint to run?
Steely Carver
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Join date: 10 Nov 2007
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05-11-2009 20:16
I downloaded SculptyPaint on Debian Lenny 32bit. I try to run the program and it just locks up; no error messages at all. I have Java JVM 1.5 installed.
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Katheryne Helendale
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05-14-2009 00:49
I may be way out in left field with this, since I don't use the program; but since you mentioned Java, I'm assuming SculptyPaint depends on it.

If so, then your problem may be in which JVM you have installed. For best results, you need to have Sun Java JRE installed. The package name is sun-java6-jre (I also recommend installing sun-java6-plugin).

Once you have those installed, then you need to tell your system to actually use it, rather than the free version you have now. To do this, type:

sudo update-alternatives --config java

into terminal, and then select the Sun Java JRE. This will configure your system to use Sun's Java by default.

Edit: I just did some browsing through Synaptic and see that Sun, in their unexplainable infinite wisdom, had completely changed version number conventions between Java5 and Java6. It seems likely that you already have sun-java5-jre installed, which is fine. You should still run update-alternatives to ensure it is s et as your default JVM.
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Steely Carver
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Join date: 10 Nov 2007
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05-14-2009 09:58
Thank you very much. ScultpyPaint is working now.

Whoo Hoo!

:)
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Boroondas Gupte
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Join date: 16 Sep 2005
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05-15-2009 08:04
From: Steely Carver
I try to run the program and it just locks up; no error messages at all.
Have you tried to run in from a terminal? Or maybe even from the processing IDE? Both might give more/other feedback than just double-clicking it.

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Edit: oops, looks like I'm too late :-)