On 0, David Raeker-Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the June issue of Linux Journal, there is an article entitled > "Programming Life" that discusses Robocode, "a programming environment where > you can create Java robots that battle it out in an arena on your screen." > The program uses the Java Developer's kit. > > Amoung the packages reported by "apt-cache search jdk," the following seem > to be appropriate: > > > jdk1.1 - JDK 1.1.x (Java Development Kit) - Runtime only > jdk1.1-dev - JDK 1.1.x (Java Development Kit) > jdk1.1-native - JDK 1.1.x Runtime - native threads extensions > jdk1.1-native-dev - JDK 1.1.x - native threads extensions > > Can anyone tell me which package, if any, is correct? Or am I better off > just installing the tar shell script from Sun?
You are probably going to need something more recent that 1.1. I think blackdown have .debs around - you need something like: deb ftp://your.blackdown.mirror.here/pub/java-linux/debian testing non-free in sources.list. Personally I use the installer thinger from Sun and put it all in /usr/local Tom -- Tom Cook Information Technology Services, The University of Adelaide "If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight." - George Gobol Get my GPG public key: https://pinky.its.adelaide.edu.au/~tkcook/tom.cook-at-adelaide.edu.au
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