On Sun, 8 Jul 2001, Edward Avis wrote:
> If not, I propose that Java libraries be installed under
> /usr/share/java/, either as .jar files or as subdirectories full of
> .class files. And /etc/profile.d/java should do something like:
>
> for i in /usr/share/java/*; do
> export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$i
> done
This is how we do it (we being me and someone else, the only two on this
list that seemed really interested in Java). Mandrake, as a company,
doesn't seem to care much. They do not offer the JDK (or are maybe
prohibited by law). Still, if Sun won't let you I'm sure IBM would love
too seeing as they say they are pro-Linux these days. I had heard they
were going to distribute Sun JDK only on the commercial CD, but they still
do not seem to have an official stance on Java support. There are no java
rpms in Cooker. for example.
Problem is, in X the ~/.bash_profile doesn't seem to be read, and
/etc/profile is over-written by msec all the time, so I can't figure out a
good way to get these into the path except a single script in
/etc/profile.d would probably do the trick. And you'd probably want for i
in *.jar instead of * incase there are some directories or properties
files or something else in that directory,
--
Sincerely,
David Walluck
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