Re: Java on Debian
On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:03:15 -0600
"Jordi Guti__rrez Hermoso" <jordigh@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2008/12/17 Girish Kulkarni <girish@hri.res.in>:
> > 1. What is the Java Runtime Environment? And the Java Development Kit?
>
> The JRE includes a virtual machine for running Java programs, the JDK
> is stuff like the Java compiler and associated programs you need to
> build and debug Java code.
>
> > 2. What is my compiler? My Virtual Machine?
>
> You can choose to use Java's non-free javac compiler (apt-cache search
> sun java jdk), gcj, or OpenJDK.
>
> > 3. Are there any free software implementations of Java?
>
> Yeah, gcj and OpenJDK are the big ones. OpenJDK is a fully comformant
> implementation of Java and I have not run into any problems with it at
> all; it's Sun's official open implementation of Java.
>
> Unfortunately, OpenJDK is too new to be packaged for etch, but you can
> try to build it from sources.
>
I have lenny and in this case what is the difference between IcedTea
and OpenJDK? I tried installing all of those packages but still can't
get iceweasel to run java programs.
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