Walter Dnes wrote:
On Sun, Jun 01, 2008 at 10:24:57AM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote
I only need a runtime. I don't know the programming language, so
there's no need for a full-blown development environment.
OK, so I *WAS* going to try the Sun JRE. It seems that there's no
such animal. You have to download the fullblown developer's kit...
SNIP!
[m3000][root][~] emerge -pv blackdown-jre
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild N ] dev-java/java-config-wrapper-0.15 7 kB
[ebuild N ] net-libs/libnet-1.1.2.1-r1 USE="-doc" 998 kB
[ebuild N ] dev-java/java-config-2.1.6 40 kB
[ebuild N ] dev-java/java-config-1.3.7 15 kB
[ebuild N ] dev-java/blackdown-jre-1.4.2.03-r14 USE="X alsa (-nsplugin)
-odbc" 13,225 kB
[m3000][root][~] emerge -pv blackdown-jdk
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild N ] dev-java/java-config-wrapper-0.15 7 kB
[ebuild N ] dev-java/java-config-2.1.6 40 kB
[ebuild N ] dev-java/java-config-1.3.7 15 kB
[ebuild N ] dev-java/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.03-r15 USE="-doc (-nsplugin)"
33,571 kB
The jdk is significantly smaller, and the jre even moreso. However,
the "(-nsplugin)" scares me. Does that mean it doesn't have the ability
to view Java applets in Firefox via plugins??? What's the point? Even
with a desktop PC, a gigabyte here and a gigabyte there, and pretty soon
you're talking real significant diskspace. I plan on getting an ASUS
EEE 900 soon. And on that thing, a gigabyte to view webpage applets is a
very bad idea.
Even the Sun JDK is not more than 100MB, I don't see the big deal. As
for the plugin, IIRC the Blackdown JRE/JDK have an unpatched security
issue with the browser plugin, which is why the plugin is turned off.
You may have better luck getting more in-depth answers on the
gentoo-java mail list.
Aaron
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