from within the IDE I do not see linux bundle. The IDE allows choosing the Mac bundle, however after downloading that the installation does not work. Any ideas?
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It is still possible to create your own JRE bundles on Linux with Project->Create a JRE bundle and the bin/createbundle command line utility.
We have discontinued the official JREs bundles for Linux and Unix. They have created lots of problems for our customers (and consequently for us) since JRE binaries only work for a certain range of distributions. It is not within our abilities to map this parameter space. Also, 64-bit distributions with incomplete 32-bit libraries lead to failures of JRE bundles.
When there is a problem with a JRE bundle, we cannot provide any satisfactory solution. The only safe way is to install the JRE that comes with the distribution. Since Java is open source, it should be easy to install it through the distribution.
Of course it would be desirable if JRE bundles simply worked on Linux, but they don't. I'm sorry for the inconvenience.
