Serious OO/Debian problem...

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 11:12:14AM -0400, Jamon Camisso wrote:
> Oh, what about your java version? Try downloading the 1.5 java runtime 
> environment (jre) from:
> http://java.com/en/download/linux_manual.jsp
> 
> Install it as per their instructions, then run the following:
> "update-alternatives --config java" and then choose the 3rd option which 
> should be your newly installed JRE. I've had lots of trouble with the 
> 1.4 that installd by default on Debian and Ubuntu. I think that this 
> should do the trick...

Debian has native java packages now I believe, and if not make-jpkg is
the right way to convert sun's .bin files to .deb files that install
properly on the system.  The update-alternatives is very useful for
changing which java is in use though, and of course still applies.

Len Sorensen
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