The way I did it was to install the tarball from java.sun.com (into /usr/local/jdk) and then use java-compiler-dummy and java-virtual-machine-dummy. These are packages the satisfy dependencies for jvm/javac and also act as wrapper scripts for whatever version of java you have installed. You also have to edit to files in /etc:
/etc/java-vm: /usr/local/jdk/bin/java COMPLIANT /etc/java-c: /usr/local/jdk/bin/javac COMPLIANT Once that is done, using "java" or "javac" from the command line automatically uses the sun jdk. Cheers, Caleb On Thu, 2002-01-03 at 22:43, Deva Seetharam wrote: > 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 > > ____________________________________________________________________ > Get free e-mail and a permanent address at http://www.amexmail.com/?A=1 > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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