I am trying to learn Java and the linux system seemed a good environment. So I got hold of a tutorial that showed how to test javac and java programs. I installed, via apt, jdk1.1 and jdk1.1-dev.
Everytime I run javac I get no error messages and nothing works. I trioed to see what javac was and was suprised to see a lot of "meaningless" links /usr/bin/javac -> /etc/alternatives/javac /etc/alternatives/javac -> /usr/lib/jdk1.1/bin/javac /usr/lib/jdk1.1/bin/javac -> .java_wrapper Anyone with some better insight? /------------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Daniel J. Mashao Electrical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Cape Town http://www.ee.uct.ac.za/~daniel Rondebosch, 7700, S. Africa (w) 27+21+650 2816 (h) 27+21+705 8469 /------------------------------------------------------------------------------/