* Scott Paul Robertson [Mon, 11 Oct 2004 at 09:42 -0600] > On Mon, Oct 11, 2004 at 08:27:44AM -0600, me lyman wrote: > > Hey guys! > > > > I've recently switched from Win2k to Linux, and I'm hopping through > > distros tying to find the best one for me. > > > > Right now I'm on Yoper (which has been the best so far for me) - but... > > > > I can't get Java 1.5/5.0 installed (I want to have it for CS142 and I > > want to stick with Yoper). > > > > With java, if your distro doesn't have a package (and even then the > packages are often just wrappers of the sun installer) goto > http://java.sun.com and download the "Linux self-extracting file" of > Java 5. If you follow the instructions installation should go just fine. > I've installed java a number of times in this fashion, and it works fine > for me.
Yes, do just that, and then there's a blog[1] on howto update your alternatives in debian so that everything works nice together. [1] http://hans.fugal.net/yodl/blosxom.cgi/java-debian.digitalPaper This is actually what I just did to get it working on my laptop, and Hans had me send him all the steps to put on his blog. One of these days I'll have my own blog... Von Fugal
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