Installing a non-debian java tar has proven to be quite a pain in the ass on Debian woody. I had to go with the tar file because IBM is the only java distribution that offers Java 1.4 for a PowerPC. (sadly).
While I had it set up and running pretty well, my set up pretty much gets messed up everytime I run dselect. Here's my setup. I've installed IBM's java at /usr/local/IBMJava2-ppc-141 I've added to my PATH the following: /usr/local/IBMJava2-ppc-141/jre/bin This directory contains java and javaw. According to the IBM install docs and help on the net, I've added the following enviro. variables: JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/IBMJava2-ppc-141 JAVA_COMPILER=jitc JITC_PROCESSOR_TYPE=6 I didn't have the java-virtual-machine dummy package installed, nor did I have gij installed. All was well in javaland with this set up. dselect however messed everything up after I started installing non-java packages and the one java package which I used jedit. Without the other java packages installed, dselect/apt naturally makes a bunch of depending complaints. At first I tried placing the needed packages on hold. But these would be set to be installed. dselect also kept trying to remove jedit. Most of these decisions dselect unhelpfully made on its own (I've been using dselect for years, so I usually know what I'm doing with this thing). At this point, I've lost the ability to run java by simply calling "java" from the CLI. Currently it complains the following: JVM not found: libjvm.so - libjvm.so I've given up trying to fight dselect and finally installed the java-virtual machine dummy package. I've also installed the gij (which I don't want to use). I've also added an update-alternatives for /usr/local/IBMJava2-ppc-141/jre/bin/java Even when I set this as the default /usr/bin/java command I get the above error. At this point the only way I can run java is by calling it using the full path which is rather annoying. If anyone could help me set up java properly on debian woody when its been installed from a .tar file I would greatly appreciate it. At best I would just like to get rid of the "JVM not found" message and run java simply by type the "java" at the command line. Please respond as well to me directly in e-mail since I'm not (yet) a subscriber to this list. -- William crowshaw -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
