Where can I get Eclipse? My package manager only shows a catalog listing for it, is it with another repository? <div>On 10/29/05, Gary Varnell <<a href="mailto:regx@dgswa.com">regx@dgswa.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">If you want to use an IDE like eclipse, make sure you set your JAVA_HOME environment variable. sudo export JAVA_HOME = /path_to_java_sdk_dir also you should add the java bin dir to your path sudo export PATH=$PATH:/path_to_java_sdk_dir/bin Hope that helps I highly recommend eclipse On Friday 28 October 2005 11:42 pm, 'Forum Post, '@ <a href="http://wailuku.xlogicgroup.com">wailuku.xlogicgroup.com</a> wrote: > Robert Cook Wrote: > > I'm trying to get started programming java, I applied and installed the > > > > basic java package and the SDK (along with any other packages it said > > were > > > > necesary when I chose those). What do I have to do now to open up the > > actual > > > > program to start programming > > > > Thanks, > > > > Robert > > > > P.S. I'm still new with Ubuntu as well so please keep that in mind, > > and any > > > > help is apreciated, thanks. > > You need to write java source code with an editor like gedit. Save > "Yourfile.java". Compile with "javac Yourfile.java". Run with "java > Yourfile". > > > > You could install and use an IDE too. I like eclipse and jedit(with > plugins). > > > > Grab a small java book too, like Bruce Eckels free "Thinking In Java". > > > -- > diebels -- Gary Varnell -------------------------------------------- "How many hardware engineers does it take to change a lightbulb? -None: "We'll fix it in software." -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com </a> <a href="http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>