Re: [SLUG] How to join the secret Java Society

From: Mike Manchester (mchester@pobox.com)
Date: Mon Aug 05 2002 - 10:25:50 EDT


Thanks Ronan; Already did that and both match what I think it should be
.Any more ideas? Mike M.

On Mon, 2002-08-05 at 05:46, Ronan Heffernan wrote:
>
> >
> > What am I missing here? Is Java really that hard to get running? What
> > happened to a install readme file that explains what needs to be done?
> > I would really like to get the FOP thing working. But I can't spend the
> > rest of my life trying to guess what needs done.
> >
> > Can someone for the Society please help? Where in the directory tree
> > should you install java things like FOP xalan-j_2_4_D1 xerces-2_0_2
> > I couldn't find any info on that. I'm guessing they need to be in the
> > path somewhere in order to be found.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Mike M.
>
>
> Yes, getting JAVA set-up is a pain. First thing: check to make sure
> that the "java" binary that you are using is the one that you just
> installed. Most distros do have some sort of java installed (maybe as
> part of the browser?). Type 'which java' and 'java -version' (only one
> dash), to make sure that when you type 'java', you are not running an
> old 1.1.8 somewhere on your harddrive.
>
> --ronan
>



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