Re: How to install jdk 1.3

[Alan KF LAU <akflau@itsd.gcn.gov.hk>]

I found that java binaries are symlink to /etc/alternatives/*. 
Is that a single command I could change the 'alternatives' like 
I do in update-alternatives for X?

Also, I've been told that I don't need to set CLASSPATH in jdk1.3? Any information on it?

Thanks.

Lau.
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> Lau, your emails would be easier to read if you wrapped at 72 characters
> or so.
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> * Alan KF LAU <akflau@itsd.gcn.gov.hk> [001031 19:45]:
> > How may I install the jdk1.3 in Debian without deb packages? Is there any symbolic links and library I should place in right place so that dependencies like cocoon, tomcat and gnujsp, etc. could recognize it by default?
> 
> Well, I wanted to do development with jdk 1.3 -- so I downloaded Sun's
> JDK 1.3, unpacked it to my home directory, and put symlinks to java,
> javac, and appletviewer into my ~/bin/ directory -- which happens to be
> in my path.
> 
> Everything I do works fine.
> 
> You might prefer installing it to /usr/local/j2sdk/jdk1.3 rather than
> your home directory. I imagine gnujsp and tomcat have a config file that
> tells them which java executable they want to run, and perhaps they need
> a CLASSPATH environment variable set to include whatever class/jars they
> supply.
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