On Wed, 2004-12-01 at 07:36, Ken Foskey wrote: > This is a simple set of instructions to install Java sdk properly on > debian (including ubuntu) > > > Java 1.5 > > > > Download the Java SDK (Debian Package 59MB) > > http://davyd.ucc.asn.au/projects/misc/sun-j2sdk1.5_1.5.0_i386.deb > > > > Install the SDK with dpkg -i sun-j2sdk1.5_1.5.0_i386.deb > > > > It will complain of unresolved dependencies, so apt-get install > > sun-j2sdk1.5debian , make sure you have contrib in your sources.list.
(Some more explanation) This using the new java-package in Debian Unstable (http://packages.debian.org/unstable/misc/java-package) which creates debs from Sun's .bin versions of the JDKs. If you don't want to download a deb from an unknown/untrusted source you can download the bin from Sun's Java site and use java-package to create the deb. Note: With 1.5 you will get errors if you try and build it using fakeroot. I believe it is installable just with some missing parts (java web start files ?). Enjoy! -- Simon Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wongy.org -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
