thad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 3/5/07, Tiger Quimpo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Tue, 2007-03-06 at 02:44 +0800, Zak B. Elep wrote: >> > Pablo Manalastas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > >> > > For program development in C/C++/Java, Ubuntu 6.06 is not the ideal >> > > laptop distro. I just could not figure out the proper mix of packages >> > > to install, and there is no "development" super package selection. >> > >> > Hmmm, doesn't `aptitude install build-essential sun-java5-jdk` work? >> >> It doesn't work for me. What repositories do I need to add to get the >> sun JDK? >> > Why not rolling your own packages using fakeroot? > > http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/142
It's quicker to use java-package-- just download the RPM or .bin, run 'make-jpkg /path/to/j2sdk.bin', and voila, you get a .deb -- JM Ibanez Senior Software Engineer Orange & Bronze Software Labs, Ltd. Co. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://software.orangeandbronze.com/ _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph

