On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 05:55:37PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > > <snip> > > In any case some standard ways of dealing with this are: > > * Install in your $HOME directory instead of /usr/local and then add > these paths to your $HOME/.bashrc file. This is typical for a > personal installation. > > * Install a script wrapper in /usr/local/bin that sets these > environment variables and then calls the program. This way there is > no need to log out and log back in again and changes take effect > immediately. > > * Use the Debian java-package to convert Sun's upstream binary Java > distribution into a Debian package and install it. > > I recommend using the java-package method. > > apt-cache show java-package > > Description: utility for building Java(TM) 2 related Debian packages > This package provides the capability to create a debian package from > a Java(TM) 2 distribution by just running make-jpkg <filename>. > . > This program currently works with the following Java(TM) 2 Runtime > Environments and Development Kits: > . > * Sun Microsystems(TM) 1.4 and 1.5 Standard Edition > * IBM(TM) 1.3, 1.4, and 5.0 Standard Edition > * Blackdown Java-Linux 1.3 and 1.4 Standard Edition > > This will probably be your best solution. >
Sun's JDK is already packaged for debian in the non-free repository. The sun-java6-* packages in lenny should be what the OP needs. -- Kushal Kumaran [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
