Thomas Weinbrenner wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>I am trying to have JRE and SDK on my debian because my boss push me to use >>Sun Java. I downloaded the JRE, converted it to deb package with alien like >>this: >> alien -d -i ./j2re-1_4_2_08-linux-i586.rpm >> >>it succeeded. > > > There is a better way to create java packages than alien. Use the > "java-package" > http://packages.debian.org/stable/misc/java-package > > Just download the self-extracting file from Sun and use: > > make-jpkg j2re-1_4_2_08-linux-i586.bin >
And here's some step by step instructions: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/142 Andro -- Andrey Andreev University of Helsinki Dept. of Computer Science -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
