Re: here's how I installed Sun's Java, comments are welcome
Hello
H. S. (<greatexcalibur@yahoo.com>) wrote:
> Recently I installed Sun's Java j2sdk-1.4.2 on my Sarge and Sid
> sytems. I was not sure if a Debian package exists, and was not clear
> about Blackdown's Java (I had always used Sun's Java), so I just
> downloaded and installed the SDK in /usr/local. The steps I followed
> are given below. But the thing that is bothering a wee bit is that now
> I have this package that is not a deb package and it might eventually
> turn out to be a headache to maintain it; I am not sure, but just a
> thought. Comments are welcome.
>
> [installing Java in /usr/local]
If I remember correctly, all the Java stuff is installed in one place
(e.g. /usr/local/java/j2sdk1.4.2_04), so it is easy to maintain. You
can however create a deb package from the JSDK or JRE, either be
downloading the RPM and using alien, or by converting the installer:
<http://z42.de/debian/>
best regards
Andreas Janssen
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