[SLUG] Java (Was Re: Netscape 6)

From: awyatt@intergate.cx
Date: Fri Jun 15 2001 - 08:56:26 EDT


I downloaded the intel binary..

http://www.sun.com/software/communitysource/java2/index.html

will the source compile on powerpc?

> Original Message from Fri, 15 Jun 2001 08:11:31 -0400:>
>
>
> > Get java2 from sun, untar it, cp
Java2/plugin/i386/libjavaplugin_oji.so
> ^^^^^
> And thus my
problem. I
> thought it was write once, run anywhere!? I have a PowerPC...If you
> can't get a virtual machine that runs the byte-code, what good is
the
> VM? OTOH, Linux is truly write once (recompile it for your
> architecture), and run anywhere. Now I'm beginning to understand the
> problem people have with software not being libra (free), you can't
just
> "do with it as you will."
>
> Russell
>
> ____________________________________________________
> _its_ (no apostrophe) means "the thing that it owns"
> _it's_ (with apostrophe) means "it is"
>
> > /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so
> > mv Java2 /opt
> >
> > add export JRE=/opt/Java2 to /etc/profile
> >
> > log out, then log in
> >
> > (some of the paths may be different it's been a while..)
> >
> > This worked on RH 7.0
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> > On 15 Jun 2001 00:15:10 -0400, Frank Roberts - SOTL wrote:
> >> On Thursday 14 June 2001 10:39 pm, you wrote:
> >> > > I cannot get Konqueror to recognize my java location.
> >> > > My Jdk location is /usr/lib/jdk1.3 and my java location
is /usr/lib/java
> >> > > Yet when I insert either in the konqueror preferences I get
errors and no
> >> > > java.
> >> >
> >> > Amen to that! I'm having the same trouble with my debian
system.
> >> > Interestingly, my problem is that I have the java-vm, which
points to
> >> > kaffe, which I believe is a free implementation of java...but
it still
> >> > doesn't work.
> >>
> >> Add RH 7.1 to the list too.
> >>
> >> Frank
> >
>
>
>

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