Java has stopped working
I just realized that java is no longer functioning on my up-to-date Etch
system. I had installed Sun Java using java-package and it had been
working at the time. I don't run java all that much, so I don't know
just when it stopped working, but it is not working now. I have used
the test on Sun's site and it does not find my installation. JAVA_HOME
had been set to /usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-sun. When Sun's own site could not
find my installation I decided that it was time to uninstall and
reinstall fresh. I ran:
aptitude remove sun_j2sdk1.5
aptitude suggested installing what appears to be Debian java packages to
replace the Sun package. I agreed and the installation seemed to go
smoothly, but I am still unable to run java packages, from Sun's site,
or others. Do I need a plugin of some sort? When I tried to install
sun-java5-plugin aptitude wanted to install Iceweasle. Since I am
happily running Firefox 2.0 I do not want to install Iceweasle. How do
I get around this?
Can someone tell me what I might be missing, or point me in the right
direction?
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Marc Shapiro
mshapiro_42@yahoo.com
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