-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Am Samstag, 17. Mai 2003 00:47 schrieb Simon Hepburn: > Simon Hepburn wrote: > > With Debian you do not need to set an absolute path, "java" will suffice. > > /usr/bin/java is a symlink to /etc/alternatives/java which in turn points > > to the real location of your java vm. When you change/update your java vm > > the debian install scripts should take care of updating the symlinks in > > /etc/alternatives. > > Sorry, upon rereading your original post I realised that you are using the > tarball from sun. The Debian alternatives system will only work if you use > the blackdown .debs. You can add one of these to /etc/apt/sources.list: > > deb http://www.tux.org/pub/java/debian sid main non-free > or > deb http://www.tux.org/pub/java/debian woody main non-free
Those are quite old java versions, aren't they? (1.3.1, current in 1.4.1). On debian-java, someone posted a nice debian subdir to package the blackdown tarball release of a mor current version (1.4.1_01). I had to modify it a bit but if someone is interested, I can make it available for download. HS - -- Mein GPG-Key ist auf meiner Homepage verfügbar: http://www.hendrik-sattler.de oder über pgp.net PingoS - Linux-User helfen Schulen: http://www.pingos.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+xX60zvr6q9zCwcERAqsfAJ9HtDSu5YyYqSWTiL6oX7JhNGiJbQCgq0G/ vITJ9ZvnXYoCwZ8u33vUepQ= =7ubj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
