Re: Robocode Article in June LJ
Tom Cook wrote:
> On 0, David Raeker-Jordan <rkrjrdn@epix.net> wrote:
> > In the June issue of Linux Journal, there is an article entitled
> > "Programming Life" that discusses Robocode, "a programming environment where
> > you can create Java robots that battle it out in an arena on your screen."
> > The program uses the Java Developer's kit.
> >
> > Amoung the packages reported by "apt-cache search jdk," the following seem
> > to be appropriate:
> >
> >
> > jdk1.1 - JDK 1.1.x (Java Development Kit) - Runtime only
> > jdk1.1-dev - JDK 1.1.x (Java Development Kit)
> > jdk1.1-native - JDK 1.1.x Runtime - native threads extensions
> > jdk1.1-native-dev - JDK 1.1.x - native threads extensions
> >
> > Can anyone tell me which package, if any, is correct? Or am I better off
> > just installing the tar shell script from Sun?
>
> You are probably going to need something more recent that 1.1. I
> think blackdown have .debs around - you need something like:
>
> deb ftp://your.blackdown.mirror.here/pub/java-linux/debian testing non-free
>
> in sources.list.
>
> Personally I use the installer thinger from Sun and put it all in
> /usr/local
>
Thanks Tom. I got it working using the Sun installer, as you suggested.
http://robocode.alphaworks.ibm.com/installer/index.html
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David Raeker-Jordan
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Harrisburg, PA, USA
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