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Add a check if "which" command exist #658
Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Some minimal system configurations present on Arch Linux doesn't install "which" by default and advertises it as a separate package to install manually.
Describe the solution you'd like
Add a check for which command existing and abort the script if it is not found.
Describe alternatives you've considered
Ask package maintainers to require the which program to be installed.
Activity
luebking commentedon Apr 6, 2026
The canonical answer is that "which" should not be used for this anyway.
https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/visualvm/-/work_items/2#note_446492
https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/081
luebking commentedon Apr 6, 2026
This issue wasn't closed but the correct™ fix for the problem from virtualvm's side is to simply not use "which" in any scripts, not to handle its absence.
thurka commentedon Apr 24, 2026
I will take a look, but
platform/lib/nbexecis not part of VisualVM sources. It comes from netbeans platform.GH-658 replace 'which' with 'command -v'
thurka commentedon Jun 24, 2026
Done in master.