Paolo Pantaleo wrote: > if one install the SUN JVM (and SDK) debian doesn't notice it (ok normal...). It depends upon what you mean by "install". If you mean just copy some files around then dpkg won't know about them. But if you mean use dpkg to install a java package then dpkg will know about them. > So if i want to install some packages that requires a jvm debian will > install a new jvm. > This isn't obviusly what one wants. > > I wold like to ask: > > 1) Is there a workaround to solve the problem You should build a .deb package of the java that you want to use and install it. This is very easy. download j2re-1_4_2_06-linux-i586.bin from sun.com apt-get install java-package make-jpkg --full-name "Paolo Pantaleo" --email "paolopantaleo@gmail.com" j2re-1_4_2_06-linux-i586.bin dpkg -i sun-j2re1.4_1.4.2+06_i386.deb The java-package is modeled after kernel-package. I really like Debian at times like these when it all comes together! > 2) Could this problem be solved in a systematic way for all debian & > SUN JVM users? Sun's license is preventing this from being easier for their users. Please write to Sun and ask them to change the license on their Java project. Bob
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