Argument -client not supported everywhere. --- java-gnome-4.1.3-orig/configure 2013-05-05 01:08:23.000000000 +0000 +++ java-gnome-4.1.3/configure 2017-06-26 20:27:03.177344814 +0000 @@ -1651,7 +1651,7 @@ $java_candidate = "/usr/bin/java"; $vendor = "System Default"; } - check_runtime($java, "$vendor java VM", $java_candidate, "-client -ea"); + check_runtime($java, "$vendor java VM", $java_candidate, "-ea"); # check gij (the bytecode interpreter from the GCJ project) my $gij_candidate;