Re: java 5 in squeeze

2011-01-28 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Friday 28 January 2011 20:24:01 Andrew McGlashan wrote: > Jochen Schulz wrote: > > Andrew McGlashan: > >> If sun-java5 continues to be important, then why not have a port in > >> squeeze too? > > > > Probably because it isn't supported upstream anymore: > > > > http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5/ >

Re: java 5 in squeeze

2011-01-28 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, Jochen Schulz wrote: Andrew McGlashan: If sun-java5 continues to be important, then why not have a port in squeeze too? Probably because it isn't supported upstream anymore: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5/ | Java SE 5.0 is in its Java Technology End of Life (EOL) transition | period. The

Re: java 5 in squeeze

2011-01-28 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <4d42f1db.4050...@affinityvision.com.au>, Andrew McGlashan wrote: >If sun-java5 continues to be important, then why not have a port in >squeeze too? No longer supported upstream. No volunteers have stepped forward to maintain it. Debian is a volunteer organization, so usually the reason some

Re: java 5 in squeeze

2011-01-28 Thread Jochen Schulz
Andrew McGlashan: > Vu Ngoc VU wrote: >> >> As sun-java5-jre doesn't exist on Squeeze, there is no clue. >> But if you want to install some package that have the same name on >> both distros, you can use option -t with apt-get. > > If sun-java5 continues to be important, then why not have a port

Re: java 5 in squeeze

2011-01-28 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, Vu Ngoc VU wrote: instead of replacing squeeze by lenny, you can add identical lines with lenny. So you have both in sources.list. At my work, some java programs required version 5 and other version 6. As sun-java5 is no more on Squeeze, i added Lenny in sources.list and then, use : apt-

Re: java 5 in squeeze

2011-01-28 Thread Vu Ngoc VU
hello, instead of replacing squeeze by lenny, you can add identical lines with lenny. So you have both in sources.list. At my work, some java programs required version 5 and other version 6. As sun-java5 is no more on Squeeze, i added Lenny in sources.list and then, use : apt-get install sun-

Re: java 5 in squeeze

2011-01-25 Thread Marko Randjelovic
Joe Riel wrote: > On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:08:06 -0600 > "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." wrote: > > >> I recommend not changing back your sources.list and actually adding >> the security repository for Lenny as well. >> > > I may have misinterpreted this. Are you saying to change it to lenny > and

Re: java 5 in squeeze

2011-01-24 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <20110124131514.16ce33fe@gauss>, Joe Riel wrote: >On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:08:06 -0600 > >"Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." wrote: >> I recommend not changing back your sources.list and actually adding >> the security repository for Lenny as well. > >I may have misinterpreted this. Are you saying to chan

Re: java 5 in squeeze

2011-01-24 Thread Joe Riel
On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:08:06 -0600 "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." wrote: > I recommend not changing back your sources.list and actually adding > the security repository for Lenny as well. I may have misinterpreted this. Are you saying to change it to lenny and not change it back after updating and in

Re: java 5 in squeeze

2011-01-24 Thread Joe Riel
On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:32:48 +0100 Jochen Schulz wrote: > Joe Riel: > > Bob Proulx wrote: > > > >> If you absolutely need Java 1.5 then you will need to install the > >> older version from the Lenny non-free archive. > >> > >> http://packages.debian.org/lenny/sun-java5-jre > > > > Right. H

Re: java 5 in squeeze

2011-01-24 Thread Jochen Schulz
(Please don't Cc: people in the list unless requested.) Joe Riel: > On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:32:48 +0100 >> >> In order to install packages from the non-free section, just add >> "non-free" at the end of your sources.list lines. Example for squeeze: >> >> deb http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/ sque

Re: java 5 in squeeze

2011-01-24 Thread Jochen Schulz
Joe Riel: > Bob Proulx wrote: > >> If you absolutely need Java 1.5 then you will need to install the >> older version from the Lenny non-free archive. >> >> http://packages.debian.org/lenny/sun-java5-jre > > Right. How would I do that? In order to install packages from the non-free section,

Re: java 5 in squeeze

2011-01-24 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <20110124193731.ga25...@hysteria.proulx.com>, Bob Proulx wrote: >One Option: >Temporarily change your references from squeeze or sid in >/etc/apt/sources.list to "lenny". Run 'apt-get update', and then >'apt-get update install sun-java5-jre' and install. Then restore your >previous /etc/apt/so

Re: java 5 in squeeze

2011-01-24 Thread Bob Proulx
Joe Riel wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > If you absolutely need Java 1.5 then you will need to install the > > older version from the Lenny non-free archive. > > > > http://packages.debian.org/lenny/sun-java5-jre > > Right. How would I do that? My knowledge of debian's package manager > is mi

Re: java 5 in squeeze

2011-01-24 Thread Joe Riel
On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:05:21 +0100 "Hans-J. Ullrich" wrote: > Am Montag, 24. Januar 2011 schrieb Joe Riel: > > How can I install sun java 1.5 in squeeze? > > It isn't part of the release. > > The package is sun-java5-jre. > > If it is not here, add the repositoey of stable in sources.list. No,

Re: java 5 in squeeze

2011-01-24 Thread Joe Riel
On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:12:22 -0700 Bob Proulx wrote: > Joe Riel wrote: > > How can I install sun java 1.5 in squeeze? > > It isn't part of the release. > > Java 1.6 is included in the non-free section. > > apt-get install sun-java6-jre > > Useful information about this can be found

Re: java 5 in squeeze

2011-01-24 Thread Bob Proulx
Joe Riel wrote: > How can I install sun java 1.5 in squeeze? > It isn't part of the release. Java 1.6 is included in the non-free section. apt-get install sun-java6-jre Useful information about this can be found on the wiki: http://wiki.debian.org/Java/Sun If you absolutely need Java 1.

Re: java 5 in squeeze

2011-01-24 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Am Montag, 24. Januar 2011 schrieb Joe Riel: > How can I install sun java 1.5 in squeeze? > It isn't part of the release. The package is sun-java5-jre. If it is not here, add the repositoey of stable in sources.list. Good luck! Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debia