On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 04:07:05PM +0900, Bret Busby wrote:
>
> On the web page at
> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html#id2794519
>
> is stated:
>
> "2.7. Java now in Debian
>
> The OpenJDK Java Runtime Environment openjdk-6-jre and Development Kit
> openjdk-6-jdk, needed for executing Java GUI and Webstart programs or
> building such programs, are now in Debian. The packages are built using
> the IcedTea build support and patches from the IcedTea project."
>
> Does this now mean that we cannot instal and run Debian 5 without Java,
> or that Debian cannot fully run without Java, in the same way that some
> versions of MS Windows cannot fully run without Internet Explorer?
>
If you choose to use Java programs, you'll obviously need Java for them.
But Debian doesn't come with anything that requires a Java interpreter
out of the box, so no, you can happily run Debian 5.0 without Java.
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