My suggestion... Go to http://www.apt-get.org/search.php and find a source
repository with Java packages (jre: java runtime environment or jdk: java
development kit) since they are not free software you wont get them in
main)

I am running unstable on the boxen I have Java and I use the following
repository:

deb ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/devel/lang/java/blackdown.org/debian
sid main non-free

Then apt-get install what you need....

Here are some available packages:
j2se-common 1.1

j2re1.3 1.3.1.02b-2
j2sdk1.3 1.3.1.02b-2
j2sdk1.3-demo 1.3.1.02b-2
j2sdk1.3-doc 1.3.1.02b-2
j2sdk1.3-src 1.3.1.02b-2

j2re1.4 1.4.0.99beta-1
j2sdk1.4 1.4.0.99beta-1
j2sdk1.4-demo 1.4.0.99beta-1
j2sdk1.4-doc 1.4.0.99beta-1
j2sdk1.4-src 1.4.0.99beta-1

jdk1.1 1.1.8v3-1
jdk1.1-demo 1.1.8v3-1
jdk1.1-doc 1.1.8v3-1
jdk1.1-src 1.1.8v3-1
jre1.1 1.1.8v3-1

I have in the past grabbed the sdk's just to be safe, but you can probably
just get the runtime environment.  That would be j2re1.4 (er apt-get
install j2re1.4)

A long while back I jotted notes for people trying to get Java to work in
Galeon on woody down... You can find them here...
http://gnue.org/~dneighbo/notes/java_plugin.html

While you can get Java from Sun it wont be packages and thus you nullify
the advantages of using a strongly packaged/integrated system such as the
Debian GNU/Linux system.

-Derek
Bart Garst said:
> My opinion is to use the Sun J2SE kit.
> http://java.sun.com/downloads/
> Make your selection from the J2SE drop down. And read through the
> installation instructions for the either SDK or JRE.
>
> Are you wanting to compile or just run java programs?
>
> Bart
>
> On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 14:44, Mike Starke wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 02:32:37PM -0700, Mark Phillips wrote:
>> /_Take a look at
>> /_http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-java-faq/index.html#contents
>> /_
>>
>> I did. I guess I do not understand java and how it works.
>>
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