nice and thanks
back to my original question - what is the difference between the two openjdk / jre and oracle / sun java On 24 July 2014 15:57, Rohit Bhute <rvbh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > The WebUpd8 Java PPA downloads the tgz file from Oracle server and > configures it to be used as the default Java system-wide. It also > auto-updates so you don't have to keep checking the Oracle site for updates. > > https://launchpad.net/~webupd8team/+archive/ubuntu/java > > Regards. > > Rohit Bhuterohitbhute.in twitter.com/rohitbhute > > On Thursday 24 July 2014 03:19 PM, Ramnarayan.K wrote: > > Hi Gora > > Thanks > and > > Good to hear from you. > > ●●● > Hope all well otherwise. > > Yes you are correct the ITD is very frustrating - and it seems like you > and like every year I would need to run windows inside a virtual machine as > well. Luckily the new virtual machines are quiet well integrated so it > makes life easier - I can do all my work on the linux side and simply just > feed in the data into the windows side - generate the file and its done. > > Am experimenting with running windows from a USB drive - since even the > great samsung that makes android software does not have a linux based > firmware updation tool. > > Meanwhile am not going to waste time with trying to make ITD stuff work - > just needed the confirmation you have provided. > > regards > ram > > > On 24 July 2014 15:00, Gora Mohanty <g...@mimirtech.com> wrote: > >> On 24 July 2014 14:46, Ramnarayan.K <ramnaraya...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi >>> >>> Am trying to run an 'official' income tax java file >>> available here - https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/ >>> >>> tis requires the official oracle / sun java software >>> it says that the version i have currently installed (openjdk-7-jre) >>> (openjdk-7 (7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.13.10.1)) is not compatible >>> >> >> Had the same problem, and yes the ITD software does seem to >> specifically require >> Oracle Java (write once, despair of ever running anywhere). >> Unfortunately, Oracle >> Java is no longer supported on Ubuntu, and the Oracle site (the link >> that you give) >> only has a RPM, or a tar.gz. You could try the tar.gz, but that might >> end up messing >> with your openjdk settings. As I only wanted to try out the ITD utility, >> I just gave up, >> and used Oracle Java in Microsoft Windows XP in a virtual machine. >> >> Regards, >> Gora >> >> -- >> ubuntu-in mailing list >> ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in >> >> > > > > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > >
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