Library problems with the Java DK

[Dennis McMurchy <denismcm@example.com>]

  Hi,

  Having resolved to finally take a look at Java (with Winston &
Narasimhan's "On to Java" as a guide), I unpacked the Linux JDK
stuff last night.  Specifically, I mean the following files:
linux.jdk-1.0.2-pl1.common.tar.gz
linux.jdk-1.0.2-pl1.static-motif.tgz

  Once again, I had library problems right off the bat:
donegal:/usr/local/java$  bin/appletviewer demo/GraphLayout/example1.html
/usr/local/java/bin/../bin/i586/java: can't resolve symbol '__libc_malloc'

  I made this an opportunity to find out a little more about libraries,
and discovered (in "Running Linux") the very useful command 'ldd', which
lists the libraries required by a dynamically linked program.  So:

donegal:/usr/local/java$ ldd /usr/local/java/bin/../bin/i586/java
        libm.so.5 => /lib/libm.so.5.0.0
        libdl.so.1 => /lib/libdl.so.1.7.3
        libXt.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6.0
        libXext.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6.0
        libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6.0
        libSM.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6.0
        libICE.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6.0
        libXpm.so.4 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4.3
        libc.so.5 => /lib/libc.so.5.0.9

  As far as I can see from this, 'ld' is able to find all the 
appropriate libraries with the same major number.  Where, then, is
the problem?  Why can the symbol not be resolved?

Dennis McMurchy, 
Tojinmachi, Fukuoka

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