Java on Debian system?

[David Puryear <dayear@market1.com>]

Hi All,

Is Java-mini-Howto that comes with jdk upto-date? Here is what it says
to do to make netscape java aware:
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> 2.  How to make Netscape 3.0 and java work
>  2.1.  Getting the environment right
>
>  The fundamental problem with Netscape 3.0, java, and linux machines is
>  the use of a Standard C Library revision later than libc 5.0.9. With
>  the following wrapper script to netscape, java will for the most part
>  cease to crash the browser.
>
>  The script also sets a very simple CLASSPATH. Be careful, certain
> CLASSPATH entries can confuse netscape and cause it to crash.
>
>  ______________________________________________________________________
>  #!/bin/sh
>  export CLASSPATH="/usr/local/netscape/java/classes/java_30:."
>  export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/lib/509"  
>
>
>  netscape $*
>  ______________________________________________________________________
>
>  To make this all work, follow these steps:
>
>  o  Install netscape
>  o  Copy the java_30 file included with the netscape archive to
>     /usr/local/netscape/java/classes/
>  o  Create a directory called /lib/509/
>  o  Copy libc.so.5.0.9 to /lib/509/
>  o  Create a symlink from /lib/509/libc.so.5.0.9 to /lib/509/libc.so.5
>  o  Edit the shell script to match your setup
>                                                
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Do I still need to do above on a Debian 1.2? If so, where is
libc.so.5.0.9?

Thanks for any help,
David


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