On Wed, Dec 27 2006, at 09:09 +0200, Justin Hartman wrote:
> Hello fellow PPC Debian users.
>
> I am now for the first time trying to setup and configure IBM's Java 5
> on my mac mini 1.25ghz machine running Debian Sid. I've setup Sun
> before on an i386 system before but using the IBM version is new and
> very foreign to me.
>
> [ ... ]
What I have:
$ java -version
java version "1.5.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build pxp32dev-20061002a
(SR3) )
IBM J9 VM (build 2.3, J2RE 1.5.0 IBM J9 2.3 Linux ppc-32 j9vmxp3223-20061001
(JIT enabled)
J9VM - 20060915_08260_bHdSMR
JIT - 20060908_1811_r8
GC - 20060906_AA)
JCL - 20061002
The IBM java seems to work great -- The only issue that is biting me a bit
is this:
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$ java --version
JVMJ9VM007E Command-line option unrecognised: --version
Java Virtual Machine konnte nicht erstellt werden.
Syntax: java [-Optionen] Klasse [Argumente...]
(zum Ausführen einer Klasse)
oder java [-jar] [-Optionen] JAR-Datei [Argumente...]
(zum Ausführen einer JAR-Datei)
Dabei gelten folgende Optionen:
-cp -classpath <Verzeichnisse und ZIP/JAR-Dateien werden durch : getrennt>
Suchpfad für Anwendungsklassen und -ressourcen festlegen
-D<Name>=<Wert>
Ein Systemmerkmal festlegen
-verbose[:class|gc|jni]
[ ..... ]
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I'm not sure what the stuff above means: Why there suddenly is a
German help text (messed up locale/ environment?), I'm not even sure
whether "java --version" is actually triggering the IBM Java, or the
remainders of other, previously installed Java packages ...
Following are a few notes I made 2 or 3 weeks ago after installing a
new IBM Java version:
Please note there might be mistakes in it: For example the
ibm-java2-sdk-50-linux-ppc.tgz in "*** 2" should probably say:
ibm-java2-jre-50-linux-ppc.tgz
And the sdkandruntimeguide.lnx.en.htm in the notes below probably is
the documentation I downloaded from the same page where I got the IBM
java sources.
As to the install notes:
Part of the notes are taken (probably) from the IBM documentation -
that's why I tried to note the path to the file where I found the
text. IIRC: I mixed my text with the one from IBM every now and then
- without using quotes ...
I changed the paths to some files for this email, and I removed cruft
I saw as being useless when rereading it today):
Also note that the one-liner in "*** 2" for compiling might also look
something like this (The following 2 lines should be a single one):
MAKEFLAGS="CC=gcc-4.1 fakeroot make-jpkg --full-name "Your Name"
--email [EMAIL PROTECTED] --changes ibm-java2-jre-50-linux-ppc.tgz
("CC=" depending on the version you want get used)
The notes:
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*** 0:
First install
java-package - utility for building Java(TM) 2 related Debian packages
*** 1:
"The SDK includes the Runtime Environment for Linux, which enables you
only to run Java applications. If you have installed the SDK, the
Runtime Environment is included."
[ file:///path/to/IBM/sdkandruntimeguide.lnx.en.htm#wq4]
So probably it's enough to install the jre, as it seems becoming a
smaller package when compiling.
*** 2:
cd ~/path/to/IBM/
fakeroot make-jpkg --full-name "Your Name" --email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--changes ibm-java2-sdk-50-linux-ppc.tgz
install the package
*** 3:
run
update-alternatives --config java
choose
/usr/bin/java-j2re1.5-ibm
*** 4:
file:///path/to/IBM/sdkandruntimeguide.lnx.en.htm#wq88
Firefox
To make the Java Plug-in available to all users:
1. Log in as root.
2. Change to your Firefox Plug-ins [iceweasel] directory < -----
(this could be different on some Linux distributions) .
cd /usr/local/mozilla-firefox/plugins/
3. Create a symbolic link to libjavaplugin_oji.so.
ln -s /opt/ibm/java2-i386-50/jre/bin/libjavaplugin_oji.so .
On Debian:
cd /usr/lib/iceweasel/plugins/
ln -s /usr/lib/j2re1.5-ibm/jre/bin/libjavaplugin_oji.so .
*** 5:
file:///path/to/IBM/sdkandruntimeguide.lnx.en.htm#pathcons
On Debian:
in ~/.bash_profile: The $PATH setting:
PATH=/usr/lib/j2re1.5-ibm/jre/bin/:~/bin:"${PATH}"
You must symbolically link the Plug-in, rather than copy it, so |that it can
locate the JVM.
*** 6:
TESTS:
run:
$ java -version
go to:
http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml
iceweasel:
about:plugins
Euro symbol support:
file:///path/to/IBM/sdkandruntimeguide.lnx.en.htm#wq69
export IBM_JAVA_OPTIONS="-Duser.variant=EURO"
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>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
Welcome :)
HTH
Best Regards
Wolfgang
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