Re: [gentoo-user] Java install question

2005-12-19 Thread Holly Bostick
John Jolet schreef: On Dec 18, 2005, at 8:58 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: On 12/18/05, Holly Bostick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Knecht schreef: Do anyone know what was meant by the final comment? I've copied it here for ease of discussion. How do I set the Java VM to the JDK? Why is

Re: [gentoo-user] Java install question

2005-12-19 Thread Felipe Ribeiro
The basic difference between JDK and JRE is that jdk is the complete development environment that includes the compiler (javac), while jre just contains the basic VM to run the java code (.class and .jar files), so, if you need to compile a .java file, you will need the jdk but if you just need to

Re: [gentoo-user] Java install question

2005-12-19 Thread Mark Knecht
On 12/19/05, Felipe Ribeiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The basic difference between JDK and JRE is that jdk is the complete development environment that includes the compiler (javac), while jre just contains the basic VM to run the java code (.class and .jar files), so, if you need to compile a

Re: [gentoo-user] Java install question

2005-12-19 Thread Petteri Räty
Mark Knecht wrote: I don't get it. java-config -L said the sun-jre-bin VM was the one being used but having the jdk installed created problems. Your problems probably have to do with the fact that emerge virtual/jre or emerge virtual/jdk sets the jdk|jre you just emerged as the system vm.

Re: [gentoo-user] Java install question

2005-12-18 Thread Haim Ashkenazi
On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 08:56 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: Hi, Is a Java JDK a necessity? I currently have none of the Blackdown stuff installed and am using sun-jre-bin as it solves a problem with some drop down menus. However, when I emerge sun-jre-bin I get a set of messages that aren't

Re: [gentoo-user] Java install question

2005-12-18 Thread Mark Knecht
On 12/18/05, Haim Ashkenazi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 08:56 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: Hi, Is a Java JDK a necessity? I currently have none of the Blackdown stuff installed and am using sun-jre-bin as it solves a problem with some drop down menus. However, when I

Re: [gentoo-user] Java install question

2005-12-18 Thread Haim Ashkenazi
On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 09:36 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: On 12/18/05, Haim Ashkenazi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 08:56 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: Hi, Is a Java JDK a necessity? I currently have none of the Blackdown stuff installed and am using sun-jre-bin as it

Re: [gentoo-user] Java install question

2005-12-18 Thread Petteri Räty
Mark Knecht wrote: Hi, Is a Java JDK a necessity? I currently have none of the Blackdown stuff installed and am using sun-jre-bin as it solves a problem with some drop down menus. However, when I emerge sun-jre-bin I get a set of messages that aren't comforting:

Re: [gentoo-user] Java install question

2005-12-18 Thread Mark Knecht
On 12/18/05, Petteri Räty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Knecht wrote: Hi, Is a Java JDK a necessity? I currently have none of the Blackdown stuff installed and am using sun-jre-bin as it solves a problem with some drop down menus. However, when I emerge sun-jre-bin I get a set of

Re: [gentoo-user] Java install question

2005-12-18 Thread Holly Bostick
Mark Knecht schreef: Do anyone know what was meant by the final comment? I've copied it here for ease of discussion. How do I set the Java VM to the JDK? Why is this recommended? 1) java-config. 2) because you won't then get the errors you reported at the beginning of this thread :-) . At

Re: [gentoo-user] Java install question

2005-12-18 Thread Mark Knecht
On 12/18/05, Holly Bostick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Knecht schreef: Do anyone know what was meant by the final comment? I've copied it here for ease of discussion. How do I set the Java VM to the JDK? Why is this recommended? 1) java-config. OK. Thanks Holly. But if I'm going to

Re: [gentoo-user] Java install question

2005-12-18 Thread John Jolet
On Dec 18, 2005, at 8:58 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: On 12/18/05, Holly Bostick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Knecht schreef: Do anyone know what was meant by the final comment? I've copied it here for ease of discussion. How do I set the Java VM to the JDK? Why is this recommended? 1)

[gentoo-user] Java install question

2005-12-17 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi, Is a Java JDK a necessity? I currently have none of the Blackdown stuff installed and am using sun-jre-bin as it solves a problem with some drop down menus. However, when I emerge sun-jre-bin I get a set of messages that aren't comforting: --- !targe sym