Re: How to install sun-java5-jdk in debian testing?
On Wednesday 17 March 2010 04:38:41 Liam O'Toole wrote: On 2010-03-17, Jianhua Shao alex@gmail.com wrote: I run debian testing in my box, which means, all update source in source.list are from 'testing' distribution. I want to compile Android manually, which needs sun-java5-jdk, but there is no such package in 'testing' distribution, only sun-java6-jdk is out there. Maybe, I could add a 'stable' line in source.list to install that package from 'stable' distribution. But I wander is it a right way to install sun-java5-jdk using apt tools? What is the best way to handle such problem? I suggest installing the .deb from stable. If the dependencies aren't satisfiable, a rebuild is probably the most supported option. I run a mixed stable/backports/testing/etc. system, and it works for me; it would be fast, but it's not something that's supported. Java 6 should be backward-compatible with its predecessor. Have you tried to compile Android with it? The android build system has a number of checks which automatically bail if something other than sun-java5-jdk is used -- Sun's Java 6 included. While I was previously able to bypass these checks by editing some of the build system, ISTR that Sun's Java 6 would not compile the unmodified Android code from Repo/Git. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
How to install sun-java5-jdk in debian testing?
I run debian testing in my box, which means, all update source in source.list are from 'testing' distribution. I want to compile Android manually, which needs sun-java5-jdk, but there is no such package in 'testing' distribution, only sun-java6-jdk is out there. Maybe, I could add a 'stable' line in source.list to install that package from 'stable' distribution. But I wander is it a right way to install sun-java5-jdk using apt tools? What is the best way to handle such problem? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/c0ba99d21003170157p467ab789t3f680c7e63a52...@mail.gmail.com
Re: How to install sun-java5-jdk in debian testing?
Jianhua Shao alex@gmail.com : What is the best way to handle such problem? - get the package source from a stable repository - rebuild it on your target testing box Soem help: http://www.google.com/search?q=debian+rebuild+package -- Architecte Informatique chez Blueline/Gulfsat: Administration Systeme, Recherche Developpement +261 34 29 155 34 / +261 33 11 207 36 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100317123135.30ced...@pbmiha.malagasy.com
Re: How to install sun-java5-jdk in debian testing?
On 2010-03-17 03:57, Jianhua Shao wrote: I run debian testing in my box, which means, all update source in source.list are from 'testing' distribution. I want to compile Android manually, which needs sun-java5-jdk, but there is no such package in 'testing' distribution, only sun-java6-jdk is out there. Maybe, I could add a 'stable' line in source.list to install that package from 'stable' distribution. But I wander is it a right way to install sun-java5-jdk using apt tools? What is the best way to handle such problem? Go directly to upstream? -- Obsession with preserving cultural heritage is a racist impediment to moral, physical and intellectual progress. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ba0a2f5.9060...@cox.net
Re: How to install sun-java5-jdk in debian testing?
On 2010-03-17, Jianhua Shao alex@gmail.com wrote: I run debian testing in my box, which means, all update source in source.list are from 'testing' distribution. I want to compile Android manually, which needs sun-java5-jdk, but there is no such package in 'testing' distribution, only sun-java6-jdk is out there. Maybe, I could add a 'stable' line in source.list to install that package from 'stable' distribution. But I wander is it a right way to install sun-java5-jdk using apt tools? What is the best way to handle such problem? Java 6 should be backward-compatible with its predecessor. Have you tried to compile Android with it? -- Liam O'Toole Birmingham, United Kingdom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/slrnhq18p1.4kh.liam.p.oto...@dipsy.selfip.org
Re: How to install sun-java5-jdk in debian testing?
Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net : Go directly to upstream? Why? dpkg (or any other packaging tool) is just no worth? -- Architecte Informatique chez Blueline/Gulfsat: Administration Systeme, Recherche Developpement +261 34 29 155 34 / +261 33 11 207 36 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100317134134.58775...@pbmiha.malagasy.com
Re: How to install sun-java5-jdk in debian testing?
On 2010-03-17 05:41, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net : Go directly to upstream? Why? dpkg (or any other packaging tool) is just no worth? I don't like mixed Stable/Testing systems: too much conflict. And building a JDK from source just takes too long. -- Obsession with preserving cultural heritage is a racist impediment to moral, physical and intellectual progress. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ba0b46b.60...@cox.net
