Re: jdk1.2 deb package

["Gary Hennigan" <glhenni@sandia.gov>]

Joerg Mueller <ponders@gmx.de> writes:
> I'm developing in Java and need at least jdk1.2, 1.3 would be better. Is 
> there any .deb package for this available? I can only find jdk1.1. Until 
> now I took the tarball from blackdown and installed it under /usr/local, 
> but of course this breaks many other packages (especially ddd and 
> emacs-jde). Any tips?
> thanks, joerg

The crude solution, and the one I use, is to just install both jdk1.1
and jdk1.<2|3>. Install the Debian 1.1 package and then install your
own copy of 1.<2|3> in /usr/local. Then in your path just make sure
you reference the /usr/local version first. 

A slightly more sophisticated approach would be to do the above and
then update /etc/alternatives to point to the /usr/local version.

Finally, probably the Debian Way (TM) to do this would be to build a
simple pseudo package for your downloaded 1.<2|3> that satisfies the
dependencies required by ddd and emacs-jde, but I'm lazy. ;)

Gary