Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition 8.1 2005Q2 Update 2 Release Notes

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### Intermittent J2SE detection and bootstrap issues in install wrapper on Linux. (6172980)

The `setup` executable that launches the Linux installer sometimes hangs. Instead of resolving the J2SE location and starting the install wizard, the wrapper hangs and returns the following messages:

    Chcking available disk space....
    Checking Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment....
    Extracting Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment....
    Deleting temporary files.....

This issue is seen only in some versions of Linux, and seems to depend on environment settings, especially the presence of the `JAVA_HOME` variable.

#### Solutions

To work around this issue:

#### To work around the bootstrap issues on Linux

1. Unset the `JAVA_HOME` variable by running `unset` or `unsetenv` depending on your shell.

2. Run `setup` with the `-javahome` option to specify the `JAVA_HOME` used by the installer.

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