On Mon, Aug 02, 1999 at 12:53:57PM +0200, Daniel Mashao wrote:
>
> 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.
You are on the right track.
>
> Everytime I run javac I get no error messages and nothing works. I trioed
When you say nothing works, what do you mean by that?? Post us your java
program...
To compile the java program: use javac HelloWorld.java, this will
generate
a HelloWorld.class most likely.
Then to run the compiled program: java HelloWorld
> to see what javac was and was suprised to see a lot of "meaningless" links
They are not meaningless. This is a Debian policy that every package
should be followed.
>
> /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?
>
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