I've been using Java on Linux for quite some time now, but have only recently experimented with the many available IDEs. I'm using the excellent Blackdown Debian packages (1.3.1) and have experimented with both Netbeans and (currently) jEdit. On both, I have had considerable difficulty in getting some of the compiling and debugging features/plugins to work. Judging from bug reports and mailing lists it seems that the main issue is that the Blackdown packages install a /usr/lib/j2re1.3 directory and a /usr/lib/j2sdk1.3 directory, and that the arrangement and symlinks cause java.home to be set to the runtime's directory, which does not include tools.jar, JPDA, etc.
I've tried a few hacks - setting java.home at the command line (which causes complaints about security preferences and messes up fonts), adding symlinks to the needed jar files (which seems to work). My question - Is there a clean way to deal with this problem in the context of the current setup of the Blackdown debs? Thanks for all help/suggestions. Mike Ross ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
