Re: Java on Debian

2008-12-26 Thread Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso
2008/12/26 Arthur Marsh : > There is java-gcj-compat-plugin icedtea has essentially superseded this. > sun-java6-plugin I wonder if Sun is gonna keep a free version and a non-free version of Java like they do with OO.o and StarOffice. - Jordi G. H. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-req

Re: Java on Debian

2008-12-26 Thread Arthur Marsh
Amit Uttamchandani wrote, on 25/12/08 17:55: On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:03:15 -0600 "Jordi Guti__rrez Hermoso" wrote: 2008/12/17 Girish Kulkarni : 1. What is the Java Runtime Environment? And the Java Development Kit? The JRE includes a virtual machine for running Java programs, the JDK is stuf

Re: Java on Debian

2008-12-26 Thread Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso
2008/12/25 Amit Uttamchandani : > I have lenny and in this case what is the difference between IcedTea > and OpenJDK? Roughly, same code, different trademarked names. > I tried installing all of those packages but still can't > get iceweasel to run java programs. Installed icetea-gcjwebplugin? I

Re: Java on Debian

2008-12-24 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:03:15 -0600 "Jordi Guti__rrez Hermoso" wrote: > 2008/12/17 Girish Kulkarni : > > 1. What is the Java Runtime Environment? And the Java Development Kit? > > The JRE includes a virtual machine for running Java programs, the JDK > is stuff like the Java compiler and associat

Re: Java on Debian

2008-12-20 Thread Girish Kulkarni
Thanks for the replies, Jordi and Jochen. I was confused with the jargon around JRE, JDK, and J2SE. But its cleared out now and I have Java running on my Debian Etch machine! Girish. On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 10:24 PM, Girish Kulkarni wrote: > A couple of stupid questions for the Java experts on

Re: Java on Debian

2008-12-19 Thread Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso
2008/12/17 Alex Samad : >> Unfortunately, OpenJDK is too new to be packaged for etch, but you can >> try to build it from sources. > > openJDK is in unstable, no need to go to source And is backporting OpenJDK from unstable to etch trivial? - Jordi G. H. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user

Re: Java on Debian

2008-12-19 Thread Dancing Fingers
On Dec 17, 3:40 pm, Alex Samad wrote: > On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 11:03:15AM -0600, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote: > > 2008/12/17 Girish Kulkarni : > > > 1. What is the Java Runtime Environment?  And the Java Development Kit? > > > The JRE includes a virtual machine for running Java programs, the JD

Re: Java on Debian

2008-12-17 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 11:03:15AM -0600, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote: > 2008/12/17 Girish Kulkarni : > > 1. What is the Java Runtime Environment? And the Java Development Kit? > > The JRE includes a virtual machine for running Java programs, the JDK > is stuff like the Java compiler and associ

Re: Java on Debian

2008-12-17 Thread Jochen Schulz
Girish Kulkarni: > > I want to "set Java up" on my Debian Etch i686 machine and the jargon > is getting in my way. I though Java is a Java Virtual Machine + some > APIs. Then ... First of all, Java is a language (specification). :) > 1. What is the Java Runtime Environment? It's all you need

Re: Java on Debian

2008-12-17 Thread Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso
2008/12/17 Girish Kulkarni : > 1. What is the Java Runtime Environment? And the Java Development Kit? The JRE includes a virtual machine for running Java programs, the JDK is stuff like the Java compiler and associated programs you need to build and debug Java code. > 2. What is my compiler? My

Re: Java on Debian

2004-08-24 Thread Nicholas Lativy
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 07:24:06PM -0500, Michael Satterwhite wrote: > I *KNOW* there are many people writing Java on Debian. What tool do > you use. If Sun (what I'd prefer) what's the magic to getting it to > install? I'm using the Sun SDK here, I followed the excellent guide that can be found h

Re: Java on Debian

2004-08-24 Thread Simon Kitching
On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 12:24, Michael Satterwhite wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Having just installed Sarge on my laptop, I tried downloading and installing > the Sun J2SE (from Sun - I didn't see it - or expect to see it! - in apt). > Unfortunately, it wouldn't ins

Re: Java on Debian

2004-08-24 Thread Michael Satterwhite
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 24 August 2004 19:42, Jeremy Brown wrote: > Michael Satterwhite wrote: > >Having just installed Sarge on my laptop, I tried downloading and > > installing the Sun J2SE (from Sun - I didn't see it - or expect to see > > it! - in apt). Unfortu

Re: Java on Debian

2004-08-24 Thread Jeremy Brown
Michael Satterwhite wrote: Having just installed Sarge on my laptop, I tried downloading and installing the Sun J2SE (from Sun - I didn't see it - or expect to see it! - in apt). Unfortunately, it wouldn't install because of a missing library. I *KNOW* there are many people writing Java on Debia

Re: Java on Debian

1999-10-07 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Wed, Oct 06, 1999 at 12:45:28 -0700, Forte, Gene L wrote: > Is Java currently available on Debian? Yes. debian-java@lists.debian.org is dedicated to Java on Debian. > Which elements? The SUN JDK (non-free), the Kaffe JVM (free), IBM's Jikes java compiler (free), gjc (the Java frontend for gcc

Re: Java on Debian

1999-10-06 Thread lexchive
On Wed, Oct 06, 1999 at 12:45:28PM -0700, Forte, Gene L wrote: > Is Java currently available on Debian? Which elements? Is it open? Where can > I find info? > Sure, look at www.blackdown.org for generic linux info, or have a look at the debian packages jdk1.1 and jdk1.1-dev. There are also extens