Re: Java SDK 1.5.0 and Debian

[Roberto Sanchez <roberto@familiasanchez.net>]

Thórr wrote:
> Hi,
> i'm trying to install the java sdk 1.5 but i don't know how to
> proceed...
> while searching on google i found this topic:
> http://tinyurl.com/4hfbm
>
> My problem is that i cannot install sun-j2sdk1.5debian because of broken
> dependencies:
> -----------------
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
>
> Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
> the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
> that package should be filed.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   sun-j2sdk1.5debian: Depends: sun-j2sdk1.5 but it is not installable
> E: Broken packages
> ----------------
>
> what can i do get java working on my linux box?
>
> thanks
> Thórr

You should go to http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp and
download the JDK.  Install java-package with 'apt-get install
java-package' and then run 'fakeroot make-kpkg <name_of_jdk>.bin'
and then 'dpkg -i <jdk_pkg>.deb'

-Roberto

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