[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi... tried to find this information in the archives first but it looks like > the search engine's being a tad misanthropic the last couple of days.... > anyways... my questions... > > I'm currently running the potato distribution... is Java 2 available for > that? How do I tell if I have Java 2 installed?
Usually, to find if a package is installed you could use the command "dpkg -l package_name", in this case you should know the name of the package that provide the program/service. To know what package provide what, you could use the command "apt-cache search program/service_name". So in your case, "apt-cache search java" should give enough info to which package to install, but from what i know, there isn't a java2 package in the standard potato. Don't remember the URI, but if you do a quick search on google for "blackdown" you should be able to find the j2re1.3 (runtime environment, the package you probably need) j2sdk1.3 (development kit, aka the compiler). > Herald is the java msn messenger client... when I go to sourceforge > and get the file it comes as a .jar file. I can't find _any_ documentation > on how to install it. (And I've spent about a day scouring the 'net) > What do I do with this file? :) I've only installed the package to use with mozilla, and don't even know if it works (at least it shows up in the plugins page... =) > Suggestions to RTFM are happily accepted if they come with a > pointer to the relevant FM ;) Ok found, the URI http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux.html and is referred, quoting the description, "for specific information on the Linux port" or you can look in the howto... Hope this helps. Andrea
