open default linux terminal with command using java code

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i need to open the default terminal in Linux from my app with command.
i use java code
this is my code but is not work

Java

String[] command = { "xterm", "ls" };
Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command);

i get this error message

Java

java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "xterm": error=2, No such file or directory

i tested on Linux Mint and Ubuntu i get the same result

Posted 31-Dec-15 3:51am

Marwan Jabbour

Updated 18-Feb-16 17:26pm

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Richard MacCutchan 31-Dec-15 11:05am

The message "No such file or directory", should give you the clue that the system cannot find the xterm program. You probably need to give the full path.

Marwan Jabbour 31-Dec-15 11:07am

can you give me the phat to run terminal in linux

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 31-Dec-15 11:36am

First of all, could you explain why you want to start xterm?
—SA

Marwan Jabbour 31-Dec-15 11:40am

i need to execute command in Linux and this command need from the user interactive so i need to run the terminal with this command example of command "apt-get install app"

Richard MacCutchan 31-Dec-15 12:38pm

That still does not make a lot of sense. Please edit your question and try and give a better explanation of what you are trying to do.

Marwan Jabbour 31-Dec-15 12:45pm

i need to start terminal from my Gui app in java
when the user clic a button the terminal wheel show app

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Albert Holguin · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-18T17:26:00

See this...
How can I make a script that opens terminal windows and executes commands in them? - Ask Ubuntu[^]

A few things to keep in mind:
0. When you run the terminal it might close right after finishing it's work.
1. You have to make sure you have a path to the terminal in your env vars.
2. There are different terminal emulators, use the one your system has installed.

I happen to be on a Windows 7 machine right now (I can boot to Linux but I'm in the middle of backing up my disks)... this works from a cygwin terminal (mintty is the terminal emulator in cygwin): mintty &