On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:03:15 -0600 "Jordi Guti__rrez Hermoso" <jord...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2008/12/17 Girish Kulkarni <gir...@hri.res.in>: > > 1. What is the Java Runtime Environment? And the Java Development Kit? > > The JRE includes a virtual machine for running Java programs, the JDK > is stuff like the Java compiler and associated programs you need to > build and debug Java code. > > > 2. What is my compiler? My Virtual Machine? > > You can choose to use Java's non-free javac compiler (apt-cache search > sun java jdk), gcj, or OpenJDK. > > > 3. Are there any free software implementations of Java? > > Yeah, gcj and OpenJDK are the big ones. OpenJDK is a fully comformant > implementation of Java and I have not run into any problems with it at > all; it's Sun's official open implementation of Java. > > Unfortunately, OpenJDK is too new to be packaged for etch, but you can > try to build it from sources. > I have lenny and in this case what is the difference between IcedTea and OpenJDK? I tried installing all of those packages but still can't get iceweasel to run java programs. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
