Re: java 5 in squeeze
On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:32:48 +0100
Jochen Schulz <ml@well-adjusted.de> wrote:
> Joe Riel:
> > Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> wrote:
> >
> >> If you absolutely need Java 1.5 then you will need to install the
> >> older version from the Lenny non-free archive.
> >>
> >> http://packages.debian.org/lenny/sun-java5-jre
> >
> > Right. How would I do that?
>
> In order to install packages from the non-free section, just add
> "non-free" at the end of your sources.list lines. Example for squeeze:
>
> deb http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
>
> It works exactly the same for older Debian versions. After editing
> sources.list, just 'apt-get update' (or 'aptitude update', whatever
> you prefer) and go on installing the package you want.
I meant, how would I get it from *lenny*. I've seen one
recommendation to temporarily changes sources.list to use lenny rather
than squeeze. Another said not to do that, but didn't give an
alternative.
--
Joe Riel
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