Is there a Java kit for the Alpha...Either an SDK or Run-Time environment? I know about the beta 1.3.1 kit from Compaq...are there any other options? Does anyone have any comments on using the beta Compaq Java SDK under Debian Linux for the Alpha? (I am assume that it is in RPM format and will need to be converted using alien.)
The reason for the questions is that after getting Mozilla 0.9.1 running on my Alpha, the second site I visited (my Bank) required it to install a Java 2 plugin and sent me to the Netscape ftp site. It did it's "smart download" and installed the plugin then promptly froze up Mozilla! All I could get is a Netscape error message reading something like "The program must close to complete a previous installation. Please restart the application.". The only way I could figure out to recover was to re-install Mozilla...not especially an easy process for me. Upon back-tracking what was done by the "smart download" I discovered that the plugin came from the i386 "tree". I suspect THAT is the problem...the plugin is not compiled for the Alpha...dunno. There doesn't seem to be any Source code available at the sites I have visited, and I can't find any JAVA stuff for the Alpha, except at the Compaq site. I am hoping that by installing a JRE-2 for the Alpha I can bypass this "smart download" step and still be able to vist the sites that require it. Any help/suggestions would be appreciated. Cheers, -Don Spoon-
