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RE: JSP - How to install?

Hmmm... Okay, it looks like they've changed the name of the java dependency. java-virtual-machine-dummy provides java-virtual-machine, but tomcat depends on java2-runtime (among other choices). and an apt-cache search for java2-runtime reveals nothing, so I don't know what is up with that.
You could force apt to install tomcat despite the dependencies, but I don't recommend that, as apt will try to deinstall it every chance it gets (it's very vindictive that way). The "correct" thing would be to make your own dummy package that provides java2-runtime, but I don't know enough about making debian packages to say how difficult that would be. (I suspect it might not be that tough if only I took the time to read the documentation)
Well, at least *you* answered one question for *me*, I've been running a manual install of tomcat, and wondering if I shouldn't use the packaged one, but based on this I think I'll stick with my manual install :) 

Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

-wilhelm

At 10:14 AM -0700 8/19/02, deFreese, Barry wrote:

Wilhem,

Thanks for the reply.  I just pulled down the dummy java package but I am
still getting a dependency for Java when I try to pull down tomcat.  Any
other ideas?

Thanks again,

Barry deFreese
NTS Technology Services Manager
Nike Team Sports
(949)-616-4005
Barry.deFreese@nike.com

"Technology doesn't make you less stupid; it just makes you stupid faster."
Jerry Gregoire - Former CIO at Dell



-----Original Message-----
From: Wilhelm *Rafial* Fitzpatrick [mailto:rafial@well.com]
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 10:04 AM
To: deFreese, Barry
Cc: 'debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org'
Subject: Re: JSP - How to install?


At 9:49 AM -0700 8/19/02, deFreese, Barry wrote:

I installed the 1.3.1 Java SDK from Blackdown and am trying to install
Tomcat.  When I run "apt-get install tomcat" is says that there are
dependencies for j2sdk1.3 and it is not installable.  I already have it
installed, what am I doing wrong??


I assumed you installed your jdk by hand (which is what I did also).
apt only knows about software that is installed by the packaging
system, so it is unaware of the jdk you have installed.

Fortunately, there is a dummy java package for just such such an occasion:

apt-get install java-virtual-machine-dummy java-common

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