On Monday 21 Jul 2003 20:50 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmmm - looked on Sun's site, didn't see a 1.4.2 anywhere, only a 1.4.1-03, do you know where it is ??
> Before installing Sun's version of JRE, you might want to > look into the differences between Sun's and Blackdown's JRE. > As far as I understand it, if you use the latest version of > Sun's JRE (1.4.2), it is the best choice, but if you want to > use version 1.4.1 or older, you might need to use Blackdown > if you want to use the plugins in Mozilla, if Mozilla was > compiled with gcc ver. 3.x. A nice summary page is available > at <http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/whichjava.html>. > > But remember, this only applies to JRE 1.4.1 or older, with > Sun's JRE 1.4.2 this is no longer an issue, and so Sun's JRE > 1.4.2 will probably be your best choice, unless the program > you want to run specifically says it will only work with an > older version. > > Just my 2 cents worth, > Conway S. Smith > > --- "James Turnbull" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > David Jones wrote: > > > I have a *very recently updated* (like installed and > > > completely apt-getted and updated and such like 10 > > > days ago) Debian. It came with a JRE identifying itself > > > as 1.4.1, build Blackdown-1.4.1-01. I've been informed > > > by the author of a certain Java program that I like (at the > > > moment, not the author, just the program!) to go the Sun > > > JRE link on his web site and download that version - > > > which, according to the target of the link on his web > > > page, is version 1.4.1 ... anyway, how does one update > > > a JRE on Linux? I've only done it on WIndows and OS/2 > > > (both via an executable that you download and run). > > > > At the Sun Site http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/download.html there is > a > > .bin file available to download. > > > > Here are instructions for unpacking .bin files: > > > > http://mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=2329 > > ________________________________________________________________ > The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! > Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs -- O o _\_ o \\/ o\ . //\___= '' Mon, 21 Jul 2003 22:13:48 +0100 22:13:48 up 13:58, 2 users, load average: 2.70, 2.47, 2.27 I'm not proud. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
