Subject: Re: Java
To: Yasir Malik <ymalik@cs.stevens-tech.edu>
From: Rasputin <rasputin@idoru.mine.nu>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/20/2003 17:13:32
* Yasir Malik <ymalik@cs.stevens-tech.edu> [0605 17:05]:
> I am trying to install Java1.4.1 running under Linux emulation on my
> laptop.  The make program tells me to download
> j2sdk-1_4_1_02-linux-i586.bin
> from the Sun's website.  I went to Sun's website and they only have
> j2sdk-1_4_1_03-linux-i586.bin
> 
> I downloaded it anyway, and ran make again, still complaining that it
> needed j2sdk-1_4_1_02-linux-i586.bin.  Now, I looked in the Makefile (BTW
> my sysadmin's name is there),  and
> saw DISTNAME=j2sdk-1_4_1_02-linux-i586.  I changed it
> to DISTNAME=j2sdk-1_4_1_03-linux-i586 and left everything else the same.
> 
> Will this cause any conflicts later on?

It'll probably cause problems when you remove it (because the PLIST
may be out of date), but that's exactly what I've done. 

Seems to work OK for me, still doesn't run JBoss though :(


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