If you don't mind giving out a little information, which can all be false
<smile>, download this Java Money Manger. The version 3.0 has IBM Java 1.3
included. Pay attention to where it installs the Java directory in it a little
unusual.
http://www.moneydance.com
- -----Original Message -----
From: Tony K. Olsen
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 14:30:02 -0500
Subject: RE: [expert] Java in KDE 2.1 -- SOLVED!
> Thanks for the info. Much appreciated.
>
> Is there anyplace to get this file without having to sign up. This giving
> out company and personal information just ensures I won't use the products.
>
> Anyone...
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Benjamin Sher
> Sent: March 10, 2001 7:37 AM
> To: Expert; Newbie
> Subject: [expert] Java in KDE 2.1 -- SOLVED!
>
>
> Dear friends:
>
> Well, the Java madness in Konqueror is finally over!
>
> I never could get KDE 2.0.1 to work with any of the Java Virtual
> Machines that I installed. This doesn't mean that it won't on other
> people's systems. It's just that they failed on mine. So...
>
> I upgraded to KDE 2.1 and tried out all four Java Virtual Machines on my
> system: Sun's 1.3.0, Blackdown's 1.3.0, IBM's 1.3.0 and Sun's JDK 1.2.2.
>
> And the winner is...
>
> IBM 1.3.-6
>
> The exact file is:
>
> IBMJava2-JRE-1.3-6.0.i386.rpm
>
> The IBM rpm installs into /opt... as follows:
>
> You can get it from http://www.ibm.com/developer/java
>
> [sher@mindspring bin]$ pwd
> /opt/IBMJava2-13/jre/bin
> [sher@mindspring bin]$ ls
> JavaPluginControlPanel* libJdbcOdbc.so* libjava.so*
> libzip.so*
> awt_robot* libagent.so* libjavaplugin12.so*
> oldjava*
> classic/ libawt.so* libjdwp.so*
> oldjavaw*
> exe/ libcmm.so* libjitc.so*
> policytool*
> java* libdcpr.so* libjpeg.so* rmid*
> javaplugin.so* libdt_socket.so* libjsound.so*
> rmiregistry*
> javaw* libfontmanager.so* libnet.so*
> tnameserv*
> jvmtcf* libhpi.so* liborb.so*
> keytool* libhprof.so* libxhpi.so*
> [sher@mindspring bin]$
>
> In Konqueror, Settings, Konqueror Browser, Java, type in the following
> path:
>
> /opt/IBMJava2-13/jre/bin/java
>
> I have not tested it everywhere, but I have a strong feeling that IBM's
> 1.3.6 Java might just be the right Java, in spite of KDE's preference
> for Blackdown. Obviously, each of these JVM will work for some, but not
> for others.
>
> I wish to thank Zeljko Vukman, whose message I read on one of the
> archives who specifically suggested IBM's Java. He said that he had
> tried Sun's 1.3.0 Java and that it failed (as also confirmed by KDE) and
> that he then downloaded IBM's Java and that it worked perfectly every
> time. Without that hint to go on, I would probably have gone bananas by
> now.
>
> My thanks to the KDE team for producing such a wonderful Konqueror
> browser (and, of course, file manager). I was so pleased with it that I
> wanted the Java to work, too. I hope my confirmation that it works with
> the IBM Java will help others who are as bewildered by the Java
> situation as I was.
>
> By the way, KDE's discussion of Java can be found at:
>
> http://www.konqueror.org/konq-java.html
>
>
> To test your Konqueror Java, may I suggest a fabulous site that features
> a java applet that unfolds (literally) ten images per applet. There are
> five such applets on this site. The site is called: Russian Painting.
> The URL is:
>
> http://www.rollins.edu/Foreign_Lang/Russian/ruspaint.html
>
> Try any of the five java applets in the left frame: Icons, 18th century,
> etc.
>
> And, last but not least, my deep thanks to everyone who went out of
> their way to respond to my requests for help with KDE's Java. I am very
> grateful, indeed.
>
> Benjamin
>
> --
> Sher's Russian Web
> http://www.websher.net
> Benjamin and Anna Sher
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
>
>
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