This one time, at band camp, Michael S Daines said: > I grabbed a Debian Java FAQ from a link here recently and was trying to > work through it this weekend. I stumbled, however when I was asked to > apt-get install java2-common > This package is not found anywhere I know to look. The next step in the > faq requires using some *.control files that just don't exist, so I assume > they're from this package (dummy-package?). > > Can somone point me in the right direction here on how to get over this > hump? Also, I've never added sources before, so if that is necessary, just > a one-line example would be great. > > Thanx, > msd As far as I know, the FAQ is for unstable/sid, so if you're using woody or testing, I'm not sure what to do.
The package java-common (not java2-common) contains the .control files you're looking for: java-compiler-dummy.control java-virtual-machine-dummy.control java1-runtime-dummy.control java2-compiler-dummy.control java2-runtime-dummy.control Feed those into equivs-build and install the resulting packages with dpkg. You should be good to go. Some command-line formatting got lost in the HTML of the FAQ; here's how the various commands should look: cd /var/install/java mkdir pkg cp /usr/share/doc/java-common/dummy-packages/*.control /var/install/java/pkg equivs-build java-compiler-dummy.control equivs-build java-virtual-machine-dummy.control equivs-build java-runtime-dummy.control equivs-build java2-compiler-dummy.control equivs-build java2-runtime-dummy.control update-alternatives --verbose --install /usr/bin/java java \ /usr/local/lib/jdk/bin/java 500 \ --slave /usr/share/man/man1/java.1 java.1 \ /usr/local/lib/jdk/man/man1/java.1 HTH, Warren
