[PLUG] Java on Debian

Robert Kopp iconoklastic at yahoo.com
Wed Dec 14 09:12:00 UTC 2005


A fairly up-to-date reference gives the following
instructions for installing JRE on Debian:

    * Grab:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp
    * apt-get install java-package fakeroot
    * fakeroot make-jpkg jre-1_5_0_02-linux-i586.bin
    * dpkg -i sun-j2re1.5_1.5.0+update02_i386.deb
    * logout and login again and check java
    * java -version

I have done #1. But, at least for stable, I can't find
"java-package." Has it been superseded by
"java-common?" Or is this writer on the wrong track?

Robert "Tim" Kopp
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