Re: IBM Java 1.3 - Anyone get to work?

[Eric Richardson <eric@milagrosoft.com>]

ChrisHoover@safety-kleen.com wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to get DB2 to install and run on my Debian box.  One of the
> programs it needs is java.  IBM is highly recommending that you install and
> run their version of java.  I have pulled down the .rpm for it and
> installed it both as a rpm and as a deb (not at the same time).  Anyway, no
> matter which way I install it. running any programs that use java (i.e.
> db2cc) complain that libjava.so can not be found.
> 
> I have added the path to /etc/ld.so.conf where libjava.so is founc, but to
> no avail.  I also tried adding symbolic links to the .so files to
> /usr/local/lib.   This did not work either.
I recommend jdk1.3 from blackdown.
deb ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/devel/lang/java/blackdown.org/debian
potato non-free
apt-get install j2sdk1.3

JAVA_HOME will be /usr/lib/j2sdk1.3 and the installer handles all the
/etc/alternative stuff. the symlinks are like /usr/bin/java ...

Have fun,
Eric