Re: JDK as Debian Package

2002-01-04 Thread Michael C. Alonzo
On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 12:43:23AM -0600, Deva Seetharam wrote: > Hi, > i would like to install JDK 1.3 on my machine. > is there a java debian package available? > > i see that javasoft has tarball available. > what do i need to do/know to convert that tarball into .deb format? > > thanks, > dev

Re: JDK as Debian Package

2002-01-04 Thread Paul Scott
Paul Mackinney wrote: Deva Seetharam muttered: Hi, i would like to install JDK 1.3 on my machine. is there a java debian package available? i see that javasoft has tarball available. what do i need to do/know to convert that tarball into .deb format? thanks, deva The 1.4 beta I've used has

Re: JDK as Debian Package

2002-01-04 Thread Caleb Shay
The way I did it was to install the tarball from java.sun.com (into /usr/local/jdk) and then use java-compiler-dummy and java-virtual-machine-dummy. These are packages the satisfy dependencies for jvm/javac and also act as wrapper scripts for whatever version of java you have installed. You also

Re: JDK as Debian Package

2002-01-04 Thread Paul Mackinney
Deva Seetharam muttered: > Hi, > i would like to install JDK 1.3 on my machine. > is there a java debian package available? > > i see that javasoft has tarball available. > what do i need to do/know to convert that tarball into .deb format? > > thanks, > deva > The 1.4 beta I've used has been ve

JDK as Debian Package

2002-01-04 Thread Deva Seetharam
Hi, i would like to install JDK 1.3 on my machine. is there a java debian package available? i see that javasoft has tarball available. what do i need to do/know to convert that tarball into .deb format? thanks, deva Get free e