RE: Executing java applications

[Peter Iannarelli <peter@pisys.com>]

Java Comrade:

Java is an interpreted language. To run a Java program you
need a Java interpreter. Linux has one or more. You can use
Netscape or the Kaffe interpreter. Try ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu. or
the primary site is ftp://ftp.sarc.city.ac.uk/pub/kaffe




----------
From:  hajk@xs4all.nl[SMTP:hajk@xs4all.nl]
Sent:  Sunday, March 09, 1997 7:30 AM
To:  submit-linux-debian-user@yggdrasil.com
Subject:  Executing java applications

I'm running Debian-Linux 1.2.6 with Java support, to be able to 
run Java applications (not applets). My little test program
Welcome.java is supposed to write a short message to the screen;
it compiles successfully with guavac (it says so), resulting in
Welcome.class. But then what? 

First, Welcome.class isn't executable. After fixing that, an error
message complains that it can't find /usr/bin/java -- and sure enough,
it isn't there, and neither is /usr/bin/guava. 

Am I missing something? Is Debian-Linux missing something? Must we
only run applets (e.g. under Netscape)? Would appreciate some help 
on this.
--
Henk Koster                Home: hajk@xs4all.nl Work: henk@fee.uva.nl
Satisfied user of Linux, OS/2, LaTeX & Lucida Bright, and Psion Siena
"Behavioral axiomas are rational, investors aren't always..."  Savage 
=====================================================================