Re: setting in /etc/profile in debian
On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 05:55:37PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
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> <snip>
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> In any case some standard ways of dealing with this are:
>
> * Install in your $HOME directory instead of /usr/local and then add
> these paths to your $HOME/.bashrc file. This is typical for a
> personal installation.
>
> * Install a script wrapper in /usr/local/bin that sets these
> environment variables and then calls the program. This way there is
> no need to log out and log back in again and changes take effect
> immediately.
>
> * Use the Debian java-package to convert Sun's upstream binary Java
> distribution into a Debian package and install it.
>
> I recommend using the java-package method.
>
> apt-cache show java-package
>
> Description: utility for building Java(TM) 2 related Debian packages
> This package provides the capability to create a debian package from
> a Java(TM) 2 distribution by just running make-jpkg <filename>.
> .
> This program currently works with the following Java(TM) 2 Runtime
> Environments and Development Kits:
> .
> * Sun Microsystems(TM) 1.4 and 1.5 Standard Edition
> * IBM(TM) 1.3, 1.4, and 5.0 Standard Edition
> * Blackdown Java-Linux 1.3 and 1.4 Standard Edition
>
> This will probably be your best solution.
>
Sun's JDK is already packaged for debian in the non-free repository.
The sun-java6-* packages in lenny should be what the OP needs.
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Kushal Kumaran kushal@it.iitb.ac.in
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