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Re: Wheezy and Sun-Java



On 08/15/2012 01:29 AM, Dr Beco wrote:
> Dear linuxers,
>
> According to this blog (
> http://sylvestre.ledru.info/blog/sylvestre/2011/08/26/sun_java6_packages_removed_from_debian_u
> )
> from Sylvestre, responsible for maintaining sun-java*, Java did not
> renew it's license, and so, sun-java6-jre and sun-java-plugin will not
> be available on Wheezy.
>
> The author suggests:
> apt-get --purge remove sun-java6-jre && apt-get install openjdk-7-jre
> in another (more recent) post.
>
> Unfortunately, my internet baking does not recognize openjdk. Only
> sun-java seems to work. When calling technical support, the attendant
> insist I should upgrade to the last sun-java plugin. There is simply
> no alternatives for me.
>
> I managed to install sun-java after adding the old "squeeze"
> repository temporarily to my sources.list. It is working now without
> any problems.
>
>
> I would like to call the attention to this problem. Please:
>
> 1) If possible, something like the flash plugin should be done. It
> simply download the last sun-java from the original website and
> installs it. (We don't need sun-java to be at the repository)
> 2) If using squeeze repository is the only way we can still have
> sun-java6 working, don't break this possibility on the release version
> of Wheezy.
> 3) If there is an easy way of creating a ".deb" package from the .tgz
> on the original site, that would also be nice. Something like the
> google-earth package, I believe.
>
> There are many solutions, so please, just take a kind look into this!
>
>
> Thanks,
> Beco
>   
Hi Beco,

openjdk seem to be the way to go, but in case it doesn't fit you needs
you can package oracle's java by your own:
https://github.com/rraptorr/sun-java6
https://github.com/rraptorr/oracle-java7

Best regards,
Alex


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