Re: .deb files for JAVA 1.4
On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, J. R. Westmoreland wrote:
> Where can I get .deb files for JAVA 1.4?
Due to license problems, Sun's Java 2 SDK is not available in Debian. See
the Debian Java FAQ (/usr/share/doc/java-common/debian-java-faq) for more
information.
You can download and install a J2SDK in /usr/local and use equivs to
resolve dependences with dummy packages (see
/usr/share/doc/java-common/dummy-packages). But I recommend using a
Debian package, because there are some problems (man pages, mozilla
plugins, alternatives, dependences, installation on several computers,
upgrade, removal, ...).
I have written a simple shell script (mpkg-j2sdk) that creates a Debian
package from a binary archive. It is available at
http://www.stud.uni-karlsruhe.de/~ude2/debian/. It should work with all
J2SDKs from Sun and Blackdown. Download the preferred (self-extracting)
binary, go to /tmp and execute "mpkg-j2sdk /path/to/archive" and it
creates a Debian package in the current directory.
Warning: The script is currently not well tested.
Hubert Schmid
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