Please help with Crashplan on pogoplug E02

[stuckwi]

Hi fellas,
I'm hoping to get some help here with trying to get JDK8 installed on a E02.
I am running Arch Linux using this method:
http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv5/pogoplug-v2-pinkgray#qt-platform_tabs-ui-tabs2

I am following this guide here to try and get Crashplan running on the latest JDK:
http://archlinuxarm.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=5120&p=28625&hilit=crashplan#p28625

but I along with a few other guys have run into the issue of the java not being installed...
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'Validating environment...
detected root permissions
49521 blocks
./install.sh: line 154: /opt/jdk1.8.0/bin/java: No such file or directory
The current version of Java () is incompatible with CrashPlan.
Please install one of the following version of the Sun JRE or OpenJDK: 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8')

I have verified that the file is in that folder and have already added that location to path. But still no matter where I try to run:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'java -version')
it shows
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '-bash: /opt/jdk1.8.0/bin/java: No such file or directory')
Can someone help me resolve this problem?
Thanks in advance

[stuckwi]

I'm pretty sure JDK 8 is not compatible with Arm v5...
So I'm back to trying to get my pogoplug to work with crashplan using existing guides like:
http://www.opticality.com/blog/2011/07/16/installing-crashplan-on-a-pogoplug-pro/
http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,10313,10313
However, it looks like the openjdk 6 is no longer in the repository and unable to be installed using pacman...
I have installed ejre7u21 from here followed by linking the libffi.so file and replacing the libjtux.so file according to those instructions.
I'm able the get the CrashPlanEngine to start and able to connect to it from my Windows 7 computer, but after I adopted the new server, it just sits there "waiting for backup"
I suspect the version of java 7 that I have installed simply doesn't work.

Can anyone please help me get crashplan working?