Re: Which Java for browser plugins?
On Thursday 01 September 2005 07:10 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I used java-package along with Sun's Java 5. Instructions here: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/142 Great article! That works for me. Thanks for your help. Returning to my original question of free Debian Java packages, I think this quote from the article above summarizes the situation: Whilst there [are] a growing number of open Java environments at times installing Sun Java environment is the pragmatic approach. . . . Sun recently made another noise about opensourcing Java sometime in the future. I sure won't hold my breath. If they'd only loosened up enough to allow a real deb package to be constructed I'd be happy. Andy (ex-Sun Java Division)
Re: Which Java for browser plugins?
Am Mittwoch, 31. August 2005 21:15 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [...] I wasn't asking whether there's an official Debian package for the Sun Java. I knew that's impossible exactly for the reason you explain. What I was asking was whether there are _free_ Java components usable as a browser plugin and if there are, which Debian package contains them. Well, I didn't explicitly say that, but I mentioned the standard Debian way, which usually means that you use official _free_ Debian packages if possible. I think you might get the info you want from this mail http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/06/msg2.html or perhaps from the Debian Java Wiki: http://java.debian.net/ cheers, Guido -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Which Java for browser plugins?
On Thu, 1 Sep 2005 20:07:18 +0200 Guido used the keyboard to craft this: |Am Mittwoch, 31. August 2005 21:15 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: |[...] | I wasn't asking whether there's an official Debian package | for the Sun Java. I knew that's impossible exactly for the reason | you explain. What I was asking was whether there are _free_ Java | components usable as a browser plugin and if there are, which Debian | package contains them. | | Well, I didn't explicitly say that, but I mentioned the standard Debian | way, which usually means that you use official _free_ Debian packages | if possible. | |I think you might get the info you want from this mail |http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/06/msg2.html | |or perhaps from the Debian Java Wiki: |http://java.debian.net/ | |cheers, |Guido Or maybe you might like to look at and apt-get install free-java-sdk? Charlie +++ Registered Linux User:- 329524 +++ If anything in nature strikes you as ugly, you are not appreciating its diversity. ..anon *** Really starting to enjoy Linux Debian Sarge _ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Which Java for browser plugins?
Andy Streich wrote: On Tuesday 30 August 2005 02:18 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] I used java-package along with Sun's Java 5. Instructions here: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/142 Great article! That works for me. Thanks for your help. Returning to my original question of free Debian Java packages, I think this quote from the article above summarizes the situation: Whilst there [are] a growing number of open Java environments at times installing Sun Java environment is the pragmatic approach. . . . Regards, Ryo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Which Java for browser plugins?
On Tuesday 30 August 2005 02:18 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Debian users, I'm wondering which Debian package(s) I should install for Java plugins for opera and mozilla. Most of the documents I found on the net talk about downloading J2RE from a Sun site. Does this mean there aren't standard Debian packages which can replace Sun's Java? Not that I don't want to use Sun's Java, but that I prefer the standard Debian way of package management if possible. Thank you, Ryo I used java-package along with Sun's Java 5. Instructions here: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/142 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Which Java for browser plugins?
kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: Download your favorite JRE or JDK and then use java-package to build yourself the Debian package from it. I think the OP wants to know if Debian offers any JRE or JDK instead of building the Debian packages himself. That may be true but Debian cannot legally distribute Sun Java packages due to the Sun license. So the only option available for users is to build it themselves. Bob signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Which Java for browser plugins?
Bob Proulx wrote: kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: Download your favorite JRE or JDK and then use java-package to build yourself the Debian package from it. I think the OP wants to know if Debian offers any JRE or JDK instead of building the Debian packages himself. Yes, that's what I meant. That may be true but Debian cannot legally distribute Sun Java packages due to the Sun license. So the only option available for users is to build it themselves. I wasn't asking whether there's an official Debian package for the Sun Java. I knew that's impossible exactly for the reason you explain. What I was asking was whether there are _free_ Java components usable as a browser plugin and if there are, which Debian package contains them. Well, I didn't explicitly say that, but I mentioned the standard Debian way, which usually means that you use official _free_ Debian packages if possible. Thanks for your response, anyway. Regards, Ryo
Re: Which Java for browser plugins?
On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 02:18:32PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Debian users, I'm wondering which Debian package(s) I should install for Java plugins for opera and mozilla. Most of the documents I found on the net talk about downloading J2RE from a Sun site. Does this mean there aren't standard Debian packages which can replace Sun's Java? Not that I don't want to use Sun's Java, but that I prefer the standard Debian way of package management if possible. Download your favorite JRE or JDK and then use java-package to build yourself the Debian package from it. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto pgpaV0HX53nB9.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Which Java for browser plugins?
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 02:18:32PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Debian users, I'm wondering which Debian package(s) I should install for Java plugins for opera and mozilla. Most of the documents I found on the net talk about downloading J2RE from a Sun site. Does this mean there aren't standard Debian packages which can replace Sun's Java? Not that I don't want to use Sun's Java, but that I prefer the standard Debian way of package management if possible. Download your favorite JRE or JDK and then use java-package to build yourself the Debian package from it. -Roberto I think the OP wants to know if Debian offers any JRE or JDK instead of building the Debian packages himself. raju -- Kamaraju S Kusumanchi Graduate Student, MAE Cornell University http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
