Re: Debian and Java

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

kostas wrote:

> Hi,
> I am a new debian user.
> I want to know if debian support completely java. I tried to find the
> appropriate package for the latest java virtual machine jre1.4.2 but I
> didn't succeed. Also, will I be abe to write java code through Netbeans and
> use MySQL database in Debian.
> Thank you in advance,
> Kostas
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Java works in Debian, but because Java is not Free, Debian can not 
distribute it.

There are third-party sites that will provide Java via apt-get, but I 
don't know their addresses; you can search this list's archives.

Or alternatively, and what I'd do, is to download Java from either the 
Sun site or the Blackdown site, and install it according to the ReadMe 
in that package.

--
Kent