Re: Sun/Oracle Java

2014-04-18 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 19/04/14 16:19, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 12:13:54PM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> There's really no need to pass laws against bad weather, or sharp >> corners on furniture, to protect idiots from themselves. > > :) > > On the blender I have, it's got "CAUTION: NEVER P

Re: Sun/Oracle Java

2014-04-18 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 19/04/2014 12:21 AM, Oliver Fairhall wrote: > On 17/04/14 10:13, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> The "presumption" was made that the majority of readers, including the >> OP, would have the basic intelligence necessary to differentiate between >> the instructions to use "the latest java package" and an

Re: Sun/Oracle Java

2014-04-18 Thread Oliver Fairhall
Hi, Hope I didn't open a can of worms here. On 17/04/14 10:13, Scott Ferguson wrote: The "presumption" was made that the majority of readers, including the OP, would have the basic intelligence necessary to differentiate between the instructions to use "the latest java package" and an *example*

Re: Sun/Oracle Java

2014-04-17 Thread Ric Moore
On 04/17/2014 04:21 AM, Alex Mestiashvili wrote: On 04/16/2014 10:09 PM, Ric Moore wrote: On 04/16/2014 03:16 AM, Frank Weißer wrote: Hi Oliver! > > Facing the same problem a while ago, i somewhere found a hint to add > > deb http://www.duinsoft.nl/pkg debs all > > to sources.list. Don't remem

Re: Sun/Oracle Java

2014-04-17 Thread Alex Mestiashvili
On 04/16/2014 10:09 PM, Ric Moore wrote: On 04/16/2014 03:16 AM, Frank Weißer wrote: Hi Oliver! > > Facing the same problem a while ago, i somewhere found a hint to add > > deb http://www.duinsoft.nl/pkg debs all > > to sources.list. Don't remember from where, but it works for me on > debian te

Re: Sun/Oracle Java

2014-04-16 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 17/04/14 03:27, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > On 16/04/2014 3:34 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> # make-jpkg jre-7u21-linux-i586.tar.gz > > If you need Java, then you really *must* have the latest version, 7u21 > is quite old now .. there have been 5 updates including the latest at > 7u55 [1]. > > Ch

Re: Sun/Oracle Java

2014-04-16 Thread Ric Moore
On 04/16/2014 03:16 AM, Frank Weißer wrote: Hi Oliver! > > Facing the same problem a while ago, i somewhere found a hint to add > > deb http://www.duinsoft.nl/pkg debs all > > to sources.list. Don't remember from where, but it works for me on > debian testing. > > I use this with Debian Wheezy a

Re: Sun/Oracle Java

2014-04-16 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 17/04/2014 3:56 AM, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 03:27:48 +1000 > Andrew McGlashan wrote: > > Hello Andrew, > >> Footnote: It has been said that JAVA stands for: >> "Just Another Vulnerability Update" ;-) > > (smiley noted) > > Wouldn't that be JAV*U*? :-) Whoops, the last

Re: Sun/Oracle Java

2014-04-16 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 03:27:48 +1000 Andrew McGlashan wrote: Hello Andrew, >Footnote: It has been said that JAVA stands for: > "Just Another Vulnerability Update" ;-) (smiley noted) Wouldn't that be JAV*U*? :-) -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)r

Re: Sun/Oracle Java

2014-04-16 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 16/04/2014 3:34 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: > # make-jpkg jre-7u21-linux-i586.tar.gz If you need Java, then you really *must* have the latest version, 7u21 is quite old now .. there have been 5 updates including the latest at 7u55 [1]. Cheers A. Footnote: It has been said that JAVA stands for:

Re: Sun/Oracle Java

2014-04-16 Thread Oliver Fairhall
Hi folks, On 16/04/14 11:49, Luis Eduardo Cortes wrote: Googling I've found this article: http://d.stavrovski.net/blog/post/installing-oracle-java-7-on-debian-wheezy Hope this is helpful for you. Regards. On 16/04/14 13:34, Scott Ferguson wrote:> On Wheezy you can make a debian package of

Re: Sun/Oracle Java

2014-04-16 Thread Frank Weißer
tting up a new machine, noticed that Sun/Oracle Java is no longer > available to Debian. > > Saw a post here with an explanation: > > http://sylvestre.ledru.info/blog/2011/08/26/sun_java6_packages_removed_from_debian_u > > > Unfortunately, there are limitations and issues with

Re: Sun/Oracle Java

2014-04-15 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 16/04/14 13:27, Oliver Fairhall wrote: > Hi, > > Setting up a new machine, noticed that Sun/Oracle Java is no longer > available to Debian. > > Saw a post here with an explanation: > > http://sylvestre.ledru.info/blog/2011/08/26/sun_java6_packages_removed_from_debian

Re: Sun/Oracle Java

2014-04-15 Thread Luis Eduardo Cortes
2014-04-16 0:27 GMT-03:00 Oliver Fairhall : > Hi, > > Setting up a new machine, noticed that Sun/Oracle Java is no longer > available to Debian. > > Saw a post here with an explanation: > > http://sylvestre.ledru.info/blog/2011/08/26/sun_java6_packages_removed_from_de

Sun/Oracle Java

2014-04-15 Thread Oliver Fairhall
Hi, Setting up a new machine, noticed that Sun/Oracle Java is no longer available to Debian. Saw a post here with an explanation: http://sylvestre.ledru.info/blog/2011/08/26/sun_java6_packages_removed_from_debian_u Unfortunately, there are limitations and issues with OpenJDK, and