Re: Debian and Java

[Derek Broughton <dbroughton@lincsat.com>]

Quoting Jaime Soriano Pastor <kronoss@kronoss.org>:

> Hi kostas,
> I use NetBeans with java 1.4.2 and MySQL, in Debian.
> To install NetBeans and java, i used the binaries supplied by 
> http://java.sun.com, and to install MySQL: apt-get install mysql-server.
> 
> If you need more help, here we are, good luck!
> 
> kostas escribió:
> > 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.

I've used Sun Java with Netbeans & MySQL.  My current favorite way to install 
Java is to use the rpms from Sun, run them through alien and install the debs.

I don't currently use Netbeans, so I don't know the best way to get it.
-- 
derek