Re: Installing openjdk6 package on ARM embedded system

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 2009-08-01 20:09, fred basset wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have an ARM based single board PC running Debian etch, the default
> configuration supplied by the manufacturer.
> I want to try running the OpenJDK6 JRE package on this board.  I did a
> search for this package at
> packages.debian.org and it stated I could download it from
>
> deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security lenny/updates main
>
> So is installing this package as easy as adding the above to my
> sources.list then doing an apt-get install?
> I am worried that the fact it's a lenny package may cause
> compatibility problems with the etch system I'm running.

It will want to pull in (lots of?) Lenny dependencies, probably 
including libc6.

Does the manufacturer specifically say that Lenny won't work, or 
that they will only support Etch?  Otherwise, I'd strongly think 
about upgrading to Lenny.

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