Re: Java on Debian
On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 12:24, Michael Satterwhite wrote:
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> Having just installed Sarge on my laptop, I tried downloading and installing
> the Sun J2SE (from Sun - I didn't see it - or expect to see it! - in apt).
> Unfortunately, it wouldn't install because of a missing library.
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> I *KNOW* there are many people writing Java on Debian. What tool do you use.
> If Sun (what I'd prefer) what's the magic to getting it to install?
Missing library? I've never had that problem, and I've installed java a
bunch of times. I just download the linux ".bin" bundle from Sun and
run it to unpack it. Then ensure that the location I've unpacked it into
is in my $PATH. Or links to the most important binaries could be created
manually from /usr/local/bin etc.
Because I need to have multiple different java versions installed
concurrently (I've got 3 sun versions and 1 ibm version installed now) I
prefer to install manually rather than from an apt repository.
Which version were you trying to install, and what error message did you
get?
Cheers,
Simon
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