При запуске любого Java-приложения или просто «java» jvm завершается ошибкой:

Error occurred during initialization of VM
java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Object

Вот списокwrong ответы:

The correct Java home directory, including the /bin directory, is on the global PATH

JAVA_HOME is set correctly

Executing the command java -fullversion works

$ java -fullversion

./java full version "1.7.0_05-b05"

The symbolic links in /usr/java all point to the correct java installation

I did not install any 'default' java when I created the system

java -version fails...same error as above

Issuing the commands from under the directory structure of the java installation does not work either

This is 64-bit java for a 64-bit

Есть идеи?