On Wednesday 22 August 2001 09:07 pm, Dr. Evil escribió:
> It seems very difficult to get the Linux java stuff working.  When I
> installed Mandrake, it came with a bunch of java stuff:
>
> /usr/bin/java  /usr/bin/javac  /usr/bin/javadoc  /usr/bin/javakey
> /usr/bin/javap
>
> However, when I set my java interpreter to /usr/bin/java in
> Konqueror, it wouldn't run java applets.  I downloaded the Sun JDK,
> and installed it in /usr/local/jdk1.3.1/, and then set Konqueror's
> java to /usr/local/jdk1.3.1/bin/java.  Now Konq shows java applets
> just fine. So, what was /usr/bin/java for?

   The java Mandrake ships with is the free and open source Kaffe
http://www.kaffe.org/   Mandrake can't, won't, and shouldn't include 
proprietary software like Sun's java. Google 'free software' and 'open 
source software' for a better understanding of these issues. 
-- 
        Tom Brinkman                       Galveston Bay

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