Hi Oliver! Facing the same problem a while ago, i somewhere found a hint to add
deb http://www.duinsoft.nl/pkg debs all to sources.list. Don't remember from where, but it works for me on debian testing. readU Frank Am 16.04.2014 05:27, schrieb Oliver Fairhall: > Hi, > > Setting up a new machine, noticed that Sun/Oracle Java is no longer > available to Debian. > > Saw a post here with an explanation: > > http://sylvestre.ledru.info/blog/2011/08/26/sun_java6_packages_removed_from_debian_u > > > Unfortunately, there are limitations and issues with OpenJDK, and > incompatibilities with various software. > > I'm not sure how it has worked in the past, but presumably someone > manually built the installation package for Debian. Would it be possible > to do this for oneself? I assume there is no source available to > compile. Is it feasible to convert an rpm release for use with Debian? > I've tried this sort of thing before, but with mixed results. > > Sorry if this has been covered already - I couldn't see mention of it in > my email search. > > Cheers, > > Oliver > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/534e2e42.2090...@weisser-ol.de