Java ControlPanel can't start!

Question

[kevin@localhost ~]$ ControlPanel
/opt/java/bin/ControlPanel: line 96: /usr/bin/ls: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/expr: warning: unportable BRE: `^.*-> \(.*\)$': using `^' as the first character
of the basic regular expression is not portable; it is being ignored
/usr/bin/expr: warning: unportable BRE: `^/': using `^' as the first character
of the basic regular expression is not portable; it is being ignored
Error: can't find libjava.so.
[kevin@localhost ~]$ pacman -Q jre
jre 1_5_0_07-2
[kevin@localhost ~]$

Answer 1

navigate to /opt/java/bin/ and launch ./ControlPanel from there or symlink /bin/ls to /usr/bin/ls. you will still get some warnings about regular expressions, but the panel will run.