Put them where they should be, then add the files to the appropriate
/var/lib/dpkg/info/java-pkg.list file. The "convention" is so that the
package manager knows about the files, manually adding them to the .list
accomplishes that.
- Bruce
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On 9 Apr 1999, Gary L. Hennigan wrote:
> I'm doing some Java development and I'd like to use my Debian box as
> one of the development platforms. Trouble is that I need the swing and
> infobus libraries for this project and they're not included with the
> Debian JDK. I can download these puppies from Sun but how do I install
> them so that I don't have to explicitly list the jar files in a
> classpath, and not violate the convention of installing software in
> anything but /usr/local or /opt?
>
> If anyone has a good solution for this I'd be interested in hearing
> it.
>
> Thanks,
> Gary
>
>
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later,
Bruce
