From: brabuhr@...
Date: 2008-08-12T04:16:58+09:00
Subject: Re: jruby and ubuntu and libgcj

On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Axel Etzold <AEtzold@gmx.de> wrote:
>> > I have problems using jruby (1.1.3) on ubuntu 8.04, libgcj  4.2.3:
>>
>> As far as I know, JRuby 1.1.3 neither compiles nor runs on GCJ, mostly
>> because it's missing several tools and libraries we need. We're
>> certainly open to someone getting it running, but with all the Linux
>> distros now providing installable OpenJDK-based JVMs, there's hasn't
>> been much interest in getting GCJ to work.
>>
>> - Charlie
>
> thank you for responding. Could you advise which java virtual machine should
> be used for stress-free Jruby usage :) ?

(On Linux) I have either used Sun's Java 6 JDK or (more recently
moving toward) OpenJDK.  I think on my Ubuntu box at home, I still
have Sun's release installed; but, Ubuntu 8.10 should have OpenJDK
baked in:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2008-July/000460.html