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Re: jdk1.2 deb package



Gary Hennigan wrote :

> 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. ;)

See java-compiler-dummy and java-virtual-machine-dummy - they do just
this.

-- 
Andrew J Cosgriff <ajc@polydistortion.net> touch sensitive



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