Alchemy for Linux

[Karl DD]

It goes a little something like this....
https://jdk-distros.dev.java.net/ubuntu.html

[Jack the R]

Sun Java 6 Runtime is installed, still can't start Alchemy. Does the Java virtual machine need to be started first? I'm guessing no, but it's all I can think of.

[Karl DD]

What happens when you run the commands from the 'Alchemy' file directly in the terminal?
ie, something like

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java -jar ./Alchemy.jar

It should spit out an error I imagine.

[Jack the R]

That got it to run!

So why doesn't double clicking the Alchemy file work?

[Jack the R]

More stupid questions -

In the manual, it says "The file is saved to the session directory . . ."

Where should this be? I can't seem to find one.

Does Page Setup do anything, or is it still under construction?

BTW, when I export a .pdf, the gradients are lost.

[Karl DD]

I'm not much of a Linux guru, so not sure why the Alchemy file was no good.

Where should this be? I can't seem to find one.

In theory on the Desktop, but you can set it in the Preferences/Options.

Does Page Setup do anything, or is it still under construction?

Its a java bug
known-bugs/topic34.html

BTW, when I export a .pdf, the gradients are lost.

What PDF viewing software are you using?

[Jack the R]

I'm checking the Alchemy .pdf in Evince Document Viewer 2.22.2 and GIMP 2.6.0. Neither one is picking up the gradients. The shapes are there, but they are solid fills.

Alchemy won't load it either, it says "Please select a .pdf document created by Alchemy."

[AltitudeBreath]

Hi!

I have encountered with a JNI library problem on my Ububtu Jaunty (Alchemy 007)

19-Aug-09 9:06:23 AM jpen.provider.NativeLibraryLoader$4 run
INFO: loading JNI library: jpen-2 ...
19-Aug-09 9:06:23 AM jpen.provider.NativeLibraryLoader$4 logOnFail
INFO: jpen-2 couldn't be loaded
19-Aug-09 9:06:23 AM jpen.provider.NativeLibraryLoader load
INFO: no suitable JNI library found

I'm loking now how to get appropriate library.
Any suggestions please? Thanks.

[AltitudeBreath]

Ok,

I copied libjpen-2.so into /usr/lib and it is now loaded

but the new problems occurs:

19-Aug-09 2:17:37 PM jpen.provider.NativeLibraryLoader$4 run
INFO: loading JNI library: jpen-2 ...
19-Aug-09 2:17:37 PM jpen.provider.NativeLibraryLoader$4 run
INFO: jpen-2 loaded
19-Aug-09 2:17:37 PM jpen.provider.NativeLibraryLoader$3 run
INFO: preferred architecture set
--- jni: Device: Mouse not supported as device.
--- jni: Bus: Device init failed;
--- jni: Device: Not enough axis data on device.
--- jni: Bus: Device init failed;
--- jni: Device: Mouse not supported as device.
--- jni: Bus: Device init failed;
--- jni: Device: Not an X extension device.
--- jni: Bus: Device init failed;
--- jni: Device: Not an X extension device.
--- jni: Bus: Device init failed;
Java Version: 1.5.0
Platform: Linux
OS Version: 2.6.28-14-generic
Architecture: i386
Language: en
Country: US

May be java installation incorrect...
But I have NetBeans, Eclipse and other stuff running OK...

[Karl DD]

Are you using a pen tablet?
If so can you give JPen a try (Alchemy uses this library)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jpen/
Lets see if it gives you the same errors.