Smartgit not opening

I am using ubuntu 12.04. I have installed a gui client smartgit for git via ppa, the smartgit icon even shows up in the dash home.

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But on clicking the icon the program does not open and nothing happens , no error message is shown. Can anybody help me with why is that happening ?

Solution

Step 1: Install OpenJDK 8

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk

For more information how to install Java, take a look at How To Install Java with Apt-Get on Ubuntu 16.04

Step 2: Make version 8 your default Java

Check which jdk versions are available on your system

$ sudo update-java-alternatives --list

you should see something like:

java-1.7.0-openjdk-amd64 1071 /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-amd64
java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64 1069 /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64

Change default Java version:

$ sudo update-java-alternatives --set java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64

Step 3: Update SmartGit config

Open smartgit.vmoptions

$ nano ~/.smartgit/smartgit.vmoptions

and add:

jre=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64/