Certain java applications fail to run on a standard "x86_64" setup because they require a 32-bit JVM, which is not provided. A prime example is the Juniper VPN application, which I have to use in order to connect to the office network from home. The distributon should therefore include a 32-bit version - an i686 package - as well as the 64-bit one. Note that it seems like the files are already packaged in such a way that "parallel" installation of the two versions would work fine without any file conflicts.<br />
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Additional info:<br />
As a workaround, one may install packages from the 32-bit distribution, but this is a bit cumbersome and causes problems for automatic upgrades (you get "multilib" errors.)<br />
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This also applies to java-1.7.0-openjdk.
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