It seems that there are many Java probs as I see. Just got a new laptop installed Java 7 (both versions) and of cours Icedtea. In the browser I added about any and all plugins related to Java, so I would have thought that there would be no problem at all. (running Ubuntu 14.10) However after rebooting time and again, it still says I need to install Java to run the game.
Seeing as I installed about all I can, I am wondering why the play option for the browser still gives this as a problem. (The download for linux to play, simply does not work, so that is not an option.)
I am open for ideas and/or suggestions
Open a terminal and try and see if you can launch Java by simply typing: "java"
It's very possible running it through iced tea might not work.
For the linux download you need to unzip it to a folder of your choice, just something like ~/eldevin/ would be fine.
Next make the .sh file executable, simply type: "chmod 755 eldevin.sh"
Then simply browse to that directory using the terminal and launch it by typing ./eldevin.sh or double click it may work depending on your OS.
Alternatively you can simply run the jar file manually like this: "java -Xmx1024M -jar gbloader.jar"