Hello H. S. (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
> Recently I installed Sun's Java j2sdk-1.4.2 on my Sarge and Sid > sytems. I was not sure if a Debian package exists, and was not clear > about Blackdown's Java (I had always used Sun's Java), so I just > downloaded and installed the SDK in /usr/local. The steps I followed > are given below. But the thing that is bothering a wee bit is that now > I have this package that is not a deb package and it might eventually > turn out to be a headache to maintain it; I am not sure, but just a > thought. Comments are welcome. > > [installing Java in /usr/local] If I remember correctly, all the Java stuff is installed in one place (e.g. /usr/local/java/j2sdk1.4.2_04), so it is easy to maintain. You can however create a deb package from the JSDK or JRE, either be downloading the RPM and using alien, or by converting the installer: <http://z42.de/debian/> best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
