Re: Etch: Installation of Tomcat 5.5: Provides: of sun-java5-jre pkg obviously ignored

[Barry Hawkins <barry@alltc.com>]

Holger Rauch wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've got java2-runtime installed via sun-java5-jre. Nevertheless, when I try
> to install tomcat5.5 via "apt-get install" or "aptitude install", it still
> wants to install gcj/ecj packages even though java2-runtime is already
> provided and is mentioned in the Dependencies: of the tomcat5.5 package:
> [...]
>   
Tomcat needs a JDK, as Jasper has to compile JSPs into Servlets.  A JRE
is insufficient for running any Tomcat version.

Regards,
Barry