On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, J. R. Westmoreland wrote: > Where can I get .deb files for JAVA 1.4?
Due to license problems, Sun's Java 2 SDK is not available in Debian. See the Debian Java FAQ (/usr/share/doc/java-common/debian-java-faq) for more information. You can download and install a J2SDK in /usr/local and use equivs to resolve dependences with dummy packages (see /usr/share/doc/java-common/dummy-packages). But I recommend using a Debian package, because there are some problems (man pages, mozilla plugins, alternatives, dependences, installation on several computers, upgrade, removal, ...). I have written a simple shell script (mpkg-j2sdk) that creates a Debian package from a binary archive. It is available at http://www.stud.uni-karlsruhe.de/~ude2/debian/. It should work with all J2SDKs from Sun and Blackdown. Download the preferred (self-extracting) binary, go to /tmp and execute "mpkg-j2sdk /path/to/archive" and it creates a Debian package in the current directory. Warning: The script is currently not well tested. Hubert Schmid -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
