Seth Arnold wrote:
Don't get too happy with non-free. It almost got cut a few months back, and I don't expect it to live forever. I don't know how I feel about the issue, but Debian *is* based on the idea of being completely Free.
Yeah, cut everything. It`s time to change distro.
Anyway, there is a way to put java2 in debian (ok, in non-free) as installer.A line similar to the following will help: deb ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/devel/lang/java/blackdown.org/debian woody non-free Put it in your /etc/apt/sources.list file. apt-get update. apt-get install j2sdk1.3. Note the new java executable. :) Send a thank-you note to the good people at Blackdown.
Hmm, i have java2 on my box. It`s not about me but about distro. And some nice java appz and libs. I`m borning to repeat this.
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