On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 12:24, Michael Satterwhite wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Having just installed Sarge on my laptop, I tried downloading and installing > the Sun J2SE (from Sun - I didn't see it - or expect to see it! - in apt). > Unfortunately, it wouldn't install because of a missing library. > > I *KNOW* there are many people writing Java on Debian. What tool do you use. > If Sun (what I'd prefer) what's the magic to getting it to install?
Missing library? I've never had that problem, and I've installed java a bunch of times. I just download the linux ".bin" bundle from Sun and run it to unpack it. Then ensure that the location I've unpacked it into is in my $PATH. Or links to the most important binaries could be created manually from /usr/local/bin etc. Because I need to have multiple different java versions installed concurrently (I've got 3 sun versions and 1 ibm version installed now) I prefer to install manually rather than from an apt repository. Which version were you trying to install, and what error message did you get? Cheers, Simon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
