On 2004-03-22, Matthew Joyce penned: > >> -----Original Message----- From: Rajesh Menon >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 22 March 2004 1:43 PM To: >> Matthew Joyce Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: packages >> in unstable >> >> >> why not install the proprietary sun jdk available from the sun >> download site? the install is quite an easy one. >> >> >> >> On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, Matthew Joyce wrote: >> >> > >> > I have an oportunity to use Debian for an important project, this >> > project requires the following app versions. >> > >> > Java 1.4.1 Postgres db 7.4 Tomcat 4.1.29 >> > > > > Right, thanks for that, I'll take a look. > > I guess I'm more concerned with the other packages, and their > dependancies. >
I believe the problem is licensing: Sun's JDK license isn't debian-compatible. I've run all sorts of tools that require Java after d/ling the JDK from Sun, though. I can't recall offhand what I did, but if nothing else you can just modify the startup script to point to the right path. -- monique -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
