Java in Ubuntu !!!

Peter Garrett peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au
Mon Aug 29 08:26:41 UTC 2005


On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 10:09:51 +0200
Vincent Trouilliez <vincent.trouilliez at modulonet.fr> wrote:

> > > I couldn't believe it, Ubuntu now has JAVA !
> > 
> > NO IT DOESN'T... at some point in the past, you installed it... you just 
> > forgot about it, that's all
> 
> I wiped my system last week to install Breezy Colony #3, and there is no
> way I went through the pain of installing it, because I haven't even
> needed it. Plus, I usually install it on my home directory, and "whereis
> java" returns a path in /usr.
> 
> 
> > Ubuntu will never have Java out of the box unless Sun get their act together 
> > and relax the license conditions about redistribution.
> 
> So I searched in Synaptic for 'java' and it showed no less than 11 java
> related packages, including one called "java-gcj-compat" which
> descriptions goes like this : "Java runtime environement using GIJ".
> Sounds pretty clear to me ! And this package was installed, and in
> MAIN ! 
> So, it looks like yes, Ubuntu now comes with a JRE out of the box,
> thanks to GIJ not Sun.
> 
> 
> --
> Vince

Indeed Vince, Paul seems to have been a bit quick off the mark ;-)
See my post with a few easily Googled links !

Peter - (pleased to see Free Java getting closer all the time!)

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