Re: a rather simple question

[Philipp Bliedung <philipp.bliedung@bliedung.de>]

thanks a lot!

philipp
Eric Richardson wrote:

> Philipp Bliedung wrote:
> >
> > hi
> >
> > I have jdk-1.1.8-3 installed right now. I want to update to jdk-1.2.2 so
> > I got the tar.gz file.
> > Now my question: how can I _replace_ the old by the new?
> > For jdk-1.1.8-3 I uesed apt-get and it told me to get the jdk-1.1.8-3
> > ....tar.gz file and installed it. How can I replace this version by the
> > new one? I didn't find a package that does that.
>
> Hi,
> If you would like to try the blackdown jdk1.3, you could add the
> following to your /etc/apt/sources.list
>
> # for blackdown jdk
> ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/devel/lang/java/blackdown.org/debian
> potato non-free
>
> Then do a apt-get update; apt-get install j2sdk1.3
>
> Other mirrors are available at
> http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/mirrors.html
> for potato and woody.
> Java3D and some other packages are available too.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Eric
>
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