Re: tlug: Installing JDK

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, Dave wrote:

> Has anyone installed the Java Development Kit on Linux?
> I'm looking at the site ftp://lagrange.la.asu.edu/pub/Linux_jdk/ and i'm
> wondering which file i'm supposed to download. I tried downloading a
> couple of them, and one (RH5.0_jdk1.1.6v1.1.tar.gz) had errors when i
> unzipped it, and another that i downloaded (RH5.x_jdk1.1) unzipped fine
> but i don't know what to do with it now that it's there. This site is slow
> as molasses, so i want to make sure i'm getting the right thing before i
> try again.
> 1. Is there a better, faster site to get the JDK for Linux?
> 2. When i get it, what do i do to get it running?
>     Thanks,
>         Dave

Java stuff for Linux is kind of shaky, last I checked.  Try going to
ftp.redhat.com:/pub/contrib/ and see if there's a prebuilt .i386.rpm for
RH 5.0 or 5.1...

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