On Sun, Jun 01, 2008 at 10:24:57AM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote > I only need a runtime. I don't know the programming language, so > there's no need for a full-blown development environment.
OK, so I *WAS* going to try the Sun JRE. It seems that there's no such animal. You have to download the fullblown developer's kit... [m3000][root][~] emerge -pv virtual/jre These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] dev-java/java-config-wrapper-0.15 7 kB [ebuild N ] dev-java/java-config-2.1.6 40 kB [ebuild N ] dev-java/java-config-1.3.7 15 kB [ebuild N ] dev-java/sun-jdk-1.6.0.05 USE="X alsa nsplugin -doc -examples -jce -odbc" 68,885 kB [ebuild N ] virtual/jdk-1.6.0 0 kB [ebuild N ] virtual/jre-1.6.0 0 kB [m3000][root][~] emerge -pv virtual/jdk These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] dev-java/java-config-wrapper-0.15 7 kB [ebuild N ] dev-java/java-config-2.1.6 40 kB [ebuild N ] dev-java/java-config-1.3.7 15 kB [ebuild N ] dev-java/sun-jdk-1.6.0.05 USE="X alsa nsplugin -doc -examples -jce -odbc" 68,885 kB [ebuild N ] virtual/jdk-1.6.0 0 kB I had always wondered why Sun's Java could be shoehorned into memory- starved cellphones, but required a full gigbyte of diskspace on a PC, merely to view a Java applet on a webpage. Now I know. Next thing I looked at was Blackdown... [m3000][root][~] emerge -pv blackdown-jre These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] dev-java/java-config-wrapper-0.15 7 kB [ebuild N ] net-libs/libnet-1.1.2.1-r1 USE="-doc" 998 kB [ebuild N ] dev-java/java-config-2.1.6 40 kB [ebuild N ] dev-java/java-config-1.3.7 15 kB [ebuild N ] dev-java/blackdown-jre-1.4.2.03-r14 USE="X alsa (-nsplugin) -odbc" 13,225 kB [m3000][root][~] emerge -pv blackdown-jdk These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] dev-java/java-config-wrapper-0.15 7 kB [ebuild N ] dev-java/java-config-2.1.6 40 kB [ebuild N ] dev-java/java-config-1.3.7 15 kB [ebuild N ] dev-java/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.03-r15 USE="-doc (-nsplugin)" 33,571 kB The jdk is significantly smaller, and the jre even moreso. However, the "(-nsplugin)" scares me. Does that mean it doesn't have the ability to view Java applets in Firefox via plugins??? What's the point? Even with a desktop PC, a gigabyte here and a gigabyte there, and pretty soon you're talking real significant diskspace. I plan on getting an ASUS EEE 900 soon. And on that thing, a gigabyte to view webpage applets is a very bad idea. -- Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Stop the Squeegee Kids in Pinstripe Suits Fight Canadian internet taxes http://walterdnes.wordpress.com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
