Re: installing java (for limewire)

2007-01-05 Thread deb
Its not a debian package because it is unFree software I'd try java.sun.com. > /Where do I get this pack port from? I want to run lime > wire also. operator > / > Robert Epprecht wrote: > >>operator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> >> >>>/What was Your solution? I want to know. >>> >>> >> >>sorry

Re: installing java (for limewire)

2007-01-05 Thread Robert Epprecht
operator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > /Where do I get this pack port from? http://backports.org/debian/pool/non-free/s/sun-java5/ Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: installing java (for limewire)

2007-01-05 Thread operator
/Where do I get this pack port from? I want to run lime wire also. operator / Robert Epprecht wrote: >operator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >>/What was Your solution? I want to know. >> >> > >sorry, if that was not clear enough from context: > >I searched for a backport of sun java for

Re: installing java (for limewire)

2006-12-31 Thread Robert Epprecht
operator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > /What was Your solution? I want to know. sorry, if that was not clear enough from context: I searched for a backport of sun java for Sarge (as the program my children want to run was not happy with the free alternatives) and installed that with dpkg: dpkg

Re: installing java (for limewire)

2006-12-31 Thread operator
/What was Your solution? I want to know. operator / Robert Epprecht wrote: >Sven Arvidsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >>On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 20:15 +0100, Robert Epprecht wrote: >> >> >>>Now I have tried again on the *sarge* box: >>> >>> > > > >>>muz:/tmp# alien jre-1_5_0_10-l

Re: installing java (for limewire)

2006-12-29 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 23:34 +, Liam O'Toole wrote: > There is also the /usr/sbin/update-java-alternatives script (provided > by the java-common package), which will update all of the Java-related > alternatives in one go. That's good to know, thank you! -- Cheers, Sven Arvidsson http://www.w

Re: installing java (for limewire)

2006-12-28 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 17:40:26 +0100 Sven Arvidsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > Run, as root, > update-alternatives --config java > > And change the defaults to Sun Java. (There's also javac, javadoc, > javap etc.) > There is also the /usr/sbin/update-java-alternatives script (provided

Re: installing java (for limewire)

2006-12-28 Thread Robert Epprecht
Sven Arvidsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 20:15 +0100, Robert Epprecht wrote: >> Now I have tried again on the *sarge* box: >> muz:/tmp# alien jre-1_5_0_10-linux-i586.rpm >> muz:/tmp# dpkg -i jre_1.5.0_10-1_i386.deb > That's not really a good idea. Either try to find bac

Re: installing java (for limewire)

2006-12-28 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 20:15 +0100, Robert Epprecht wrote: > Now I have tried again on the *sarge* box: > > muz:~# ./jre-1_5_0_10-linux-i586-rpm.bin > Extracting... > UnZipSFX 5.42 of 14 January 2001, by Info-ZIP ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). > inflating: jre-1_5_0_10-linux-i586.rpm > rpm: To install rpm

Re: installing java (for limewire)

2006-12-28 Thread Albert Dengg
On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 08:15:03PM +0100, Robert Epprecht wrote: > Sven Arvidsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Your system is still set up to use GCJ as the default Java environment. > > This is where you learn about the Debian alternatives system :) > > > > Run, as root, > > update-alternati

Re: installing java (for limewire)

2006-12-28 Thread Robert Epprecht
Sven Arvidsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Your system is still set up to use GCJ as the default Java environment. > This is where you learn about the Debian alternatives system :) > > Run, as root, > update-alternatives --config java > > And change the defaults to Sun Java. (There's also javac,

Re: installing java (for limewire)

2006-12-28 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 17:00 +0100, Robert Epprecht wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ limewire > Starting LimeWire... > Java exec found in PATH. Verifying... > OOPS, you don't seem to have a valid JRE. LimeWire works best with Sun JRE > available at http://www.java.com > OOPS, unable to locate java exe

Re: installing java (for limewire)

2006-12-28 Thread Robert Epprecht
Sven Hoexter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 01:31:47PM +0100, Robert Epprecht wrote: >> My children want to use limewire. >> Please tell me what exactly to install, so that I can post error messages. >> I'm working on both, a sarge *and* a sid system. > On the sid system

Re: installing java (for limewire)

2006-12-28 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 01:31:47PM +0100, Robert Epprecht wrote: > My children want to use limewire. They used it on a KNOPPIX installation > where it worked quite good. But now I have installed proper Debian on > their machines and was not able to install limewire/java. I do not > know if it is a