Deva Seetharam muttered: > Hi, > i would like to install JDK 1.3 on my machine. > is there a java debian package available? > > i see that javasoft has tarball available. > what do i need to do/know to convert that tarball into .deb format? > > thanks, > deva > The 1.4 beta I've used has been very stable. I think it's in Sid, but Woody is also in my sources.list. I've also installed from the tarball and from the rpm with alien, all have worked fine.
$ apt-cache showpkg j2sdk Package: j2sdk Versions: 1.4.0-1(/var/lib/dpkg/status) Reverse Depends: Dependencies: 1.4.0-1 - libc6 (2 2.2.3-1) libglib1.2 (2 1.2.0) libgtk1.2 (2 1.2.10-1) libstdc++2.9-glibc2.1 (0 (null)) xlibs (4 4.0.3) Provides: 1.4.0-1 - Reverse Provides: HTH, Paul -- Paul Mackinney | Who profited from Sept 11? [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.copvcia.com/
