You can install java-package from lenny but it didn't recognize any of the tar.gz bundles. So instead I tried using alien on an RPM -- it completely failed on the 64-bit version but I got a tiny bit further with the 32-bit JDK. I must be missing something, however, as it won't actually run after installation...
$ sudo alien --scripts -d ibm-java-ppc-sdk-6.0-8.0.ppc.rpm ibm-java-ppc-sdk_6.0-9_powerpc.deb generated $ sudo dpkg -i ibm-java-ppc-sdk_6.0-9_powerpc.deb Selecting previously deselected package ibm-java-ppc-sdk. (Reading database ... 114105 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking ibm-java-ppc-sdk (from ibm-java-ppc-sdk_6.0-9_powerpc.deb) ... Setting up ibm-java-ppc-sdk (6.0-9) ... $ /opt/ibm/java-ppc-60/bin/java -version JVMJ9VM011W Unable to load j9jit24: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5: version `GLIBCPP_3.2' not found (required by /opt/ibm/java-ppc-60/jre/lib/ppc/libj9jit24.so) JVMJ9VM011W Unable to load j9gc24: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5: version `GLIBCPP_3.2' not found (required by /opt/ibm/java-ppc-60/jre/lib/ppc/libj9gc24.so) JVMJ9VM011W Unable to load j9vrb24: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5: version `GLIBCPP_3.2' not found (required by /opt/ibm/java-ppc-60/jre/lib/ppc/libj9vrb24.so) Unhandled exception Type=Segmentation error vmState=0xffffffff J9Generic_Signal_Number=00000004 Signal_Number=0000000b Error_Value=00000000 Signal_Code=00000001 Handler1=0FA93A20 Handler2=0F9F57C0 R0=0FACB7AC R1=F79406F0 R2=F7949930 R3=1046DCC0 R4=00000000 R5=0FA6C6D8 R6=0FAF5D28 R7=0FAF5D28 R8=0FA6C280 R9=0FA6C71C R10=00000000 R11=00000001 R12=0FA5EEF0 R13=100232FC R14=00000000 R15=00000000 R16=00000018 R17=FFFFFFF8 R18=0000001C R19=1046D138 R20=10465498 R21=104679E0 R22=0FB15420 R23=00000003 R24=00000000 R25=00000002 R26=1046DCC0 R27=0FDD5E38 R28=1046DCC0 R29=1046DCC0 R30=0FB19D6C R31=0FAF5D18 NIP=0FACB7BC MSR=0200F032 ORIG_GPR3=00000003 CTR=00000000 LINK=0FACB7AC XER=20000000 CCR=28002482 MQ=00000001 TRAP=00000300 DAR=000000E4 dsisr=40000000 RESULT=00000000 Module=/opt/ibm/java-ppc-60/jre/lib/ppc/libj9vm24.so Module_base_address=0FA7D000 Target=2_40_20100401_055940 (Linux 2.6.32-trunk-powerpc64) CPU=ppc (2 logical CPUs) (0x3d6e6000 RAM) JVMDUMP006I Processing dump event "gpf", detail "" - please wait. JVMDUMP032I JVM requested System dump using '/home/gdriggs/Downloads/java/core.20100528.115828.31751.0001.dmp' in response to an event JVMDUMP010I System dump written to /home/gdriggs/Downloads/java/core.20100528.115828.31751.0001.dmp JVMDUMP032I JVM requested Snap dump using '/home/gdriggs/Downloads/java/Snap.20100528.115828.31751.0002.trc' in response to an event JVMDUMP009I Snap dump not available JVMDUMP032I JVM requested Java dump using '/home/gdriggs/Downloads/java/javacore.20100528.115828.31751.0003.txt' in response to an event JVMDUMP012E Error in Java dump: /home/gdriggs/Downloads/java/javacore.20100528.115828.31751.0003.txt JVMDUMP013I Processed dump event "gpf", detail "". $ ls -al /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2010-03-24 14:29 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 -> libstdc++.so.6.0.13 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktimnf_kjcjmmmbrz8qxsgnhvicpwxgm_abb6i...@mail.gmail.com