Re: Trying to install Sun's Java2 Runtime
On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 09:24:52PM +0100, Pontus Edvardsson wrote: | Hi, | | I'm on Woody, kernel 2.4.17 and have been trying to install the Java2 Runtime | v1.3.1 from Sun without any luck... | I've followed their instructions; downloaded the autoextracting file and | unpacked it in /usr/java as they suggest. It doesen't report any problems, | but will not work either... Is this the only, or is there other java-runtimes | available for Debian? How can I troubleshoot? My opinion is to forget those commercially distributed tarballs since they are usually more complicated and you have no assurance that it will work on _your_ system. Instead, for java, go to blackdown.org and add one of their mirrors to your apt sources. The package is 'j2re1.3' or 'j2sdk1.3' depending on whether you want just the runtime or the whole development bundle. -D -- He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. --Jim Elliot
Re: Trying to install Sun's Java2 Runtime
It's running fine for me :) The below is from 1.4B2 but I had 1.3.x running fine prior. What specifically do you observer when it doesn't work? Send the output of errors and what you entered to the debian-user list. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:[52]~ java -version java version 1.4.0-beta2 Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0-beta2-b77) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.0-beta2-b77, mixed mode) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:[53]~ which java /usr/local/jdk/bin/java [EMAIL PROTECTED]:[54]~ Pontus Edvardsson wrote: Hi, I'm on Woody, kernel 2.4.17 and have been trying to install the Java2 Runtime v1.3.1 from Sun without any luck... I've followed their instructions; downloaded the autoextracting file and unpacked it in /usr/java as they suggest. It doesen't report any problems, but will not work either... Is this the only, or is there other java-runtimes available for Debian? How can I troubleshoot? Thanks, Pontus
Re: Trying to install Sun's Java2 Runtime
Thanks! It works beautifully! :) So much easier than the other approach... Pontus On Tuesday 01 January 2002 21.50, dman wrote: On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 09:24:52PM +0100, Pontus Edvardsson wrote: | Hi, | | I'm on Woody, kernel 2.4.17 and have been trying to install the Java2 | Runtime v1.3.1 from Sun without any luck... | I've followed their instructions; downloaded the autoextracting file and | unpacked it in /usr/java as they sugges t. It doesen't report any problems, | but will not work either... Is this the only, or is there other | java-runtimes available for Debian? How can I troubleshoot? My opinion is to forget those commercially distributed tarballs since they are usually more complicated and you have no assurance that it will work on _your_ system. Instead, for java, go to blackdown.org and add one of their mirrors to your apt sources. The package is 'j2re1.3' or 'j2sdk1.3' depending on whether you want just the runtime or the whole development bundle. -D
