Re: openjdk 8 on Debian wheezy 7.9

2015-11-17 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 01:45:32PM -0800, David Christensen wrote: > On 11/16/2015 12:14 PM, Dwijesh Gajadur wrote: > >I am using Debian Wheezy 7.9. How can I install openjdk 8 on it? ... > 1. For wheezy-backports, there does not appear to be a newer version of > openjdk-7-sdk. ... > 3. For jessi

Re: openjdk 8 on Debian wheezy 7.9

2015-11-16 Thread David Christensen
On 11/16/2015 12:14 PM, Dwijesh Gajadur wrote: I am using Debian Wheezy 7.9. How can I install openjdk 8 on it? For my SOHO network, the lowest-risk approach is to use official Debian packages for the distribution I am using (with older distributions being safer than newer distributions):

openjdk 8 on Debian wheezy 7.9

2015-11-16 Thread Dwijesh Gajadur
Hello guys. I am using Debian Wheezy 7.9. How can I install openjdk 8 on it? And I also have another question. Is Debian a good distro for Java programming ? Can we use the latest features of Java on debian?? With Kind Regards, Dwijesh