On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 12:43:23AM -0600, 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]
add this to /etc/apt/sources.list: deb ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/java-linux/debian woody non-free its Blackdown's Java. plus you have to install the java-common, java-compiler-dummy and java-virtual-machine-dummy to run the VM properly. -- "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." --Sherlock Holmes _The Sign of Four_