>> yes! one version back from latest upstream, but yes, it's there: cheers, great news
>> you don't need the hook if you don't use sun java. and installing eclipse will install openjdk because that is one of its dependencies. so just add eclipse to your packages list and you should be fine. even better. great! >> you can just email [email protected] expressing your interest in testing and asking for the status of the packaging effort. that will get to the maintainer who is working on it. will do so now. it would be great to have a .deb package. that's exactly what I am looking for... will keep you posted on this... thanks Ben bert On 25 August 2010 20:36, Ben Armstrong <[email protected]> wrote: > On 08/25/2010 03:31 PM, Robert Spiteri wrote: > > >>why install eclipse? is the version in squeeze not suitable? > > so eclipse is native in squeeze? > > > yes! one version back from latest upstream, but yes, it's there: > > > http://packages.debian.org/eclipse > > > >> same questions re java (in addition to openjdk6, there is also the > non-free sun java if you absolutely must use that, and live-build even ships > with an example hook to automatically accept the sun java license; see > /usr/share/live/build/ >> >> examples/hooks/all_chroot_sun-java6.sh). > > > I would not like to include non-free packages so I would go about > installing openjdk6 as long as it is compatible with the nxjc packages. Will > check the hook in detail though > > > you don't need the hook if you don't use sun java. and installing eclipse > will install openjdk because that is one of its dependencies. so just add > eclipse to your packages list and you should be fine. > > > >>As for nxjc, I see this ITP (Intent To Package) for lejos-nxj has been > filed. Maybe this guy can help you if he has done something so far that is > suitable for you to test? > >> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=590049 > > worth giving it a try. thanks > > > you can just email [email protected] expressing your interest in > testing and asking for the status of the packaging effort. that will get to > the maintainer who is working on it. > > > >> It would be much easier for you if you could totally eliminate the need > for the interactive step. and you may already be closer to accomplishing > that than you think. > > so you think I can eliminate the interactive shell and manage everything > through hooks? So i would need a hook for java (already mentioned) and > another hook for nxjc right? > > > as i said, you don't need the hook for java if you use openjdk6. and as > for nxjc, so long as the maintainer has a .deb for you to try, you just need > to put it in config/chroot_local-packages/ ... no hooks needed. > > worst case scenario, you will need to do something else for nxjc because > the package isn't ready yet, but let's cross that bridge when we get to it > (i thought most java software was shipped in .zip archives that you could > just unzip and point CLASSPATH at; is this no longer the case? *must* you > always use gui installers?) > > Ben > > -- Robert http://www.weavefx.com
