Subject: Re: java quesiton
From: Scott Frankel (leknarf@pacbell.net)
Date: Mon Jan 21 2002 - 22:07:59 MST
I got my Java from the good people at Blackdown (blackdown.org).
For ppc architecture, I believe the most recent port is JDK 1.3.
Download the JDK. Install it somewhere convenient -- someplace
like /usr/local/. Then set some environment variables in your
dot files. (Set'em to reflect your actual location, &c.) i.e.:
[~/.bash_profile]
# add java path
PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/j2sdk1.3Beta/j2sdk1.3/bin/
# create java classpath
export CLASSPATH=.:$HOME/classes:./classes
# create java library path
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.:$HOME/lib:./lib
# java home
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/j2sdk1.3Beta/j2sdk1.3
I'm no Jexpert; but I've been able to muddle through with this.
Feel free to holler if you have any other questions.
Scott
On Sunday 20 January 2002 02:41, Andrew Stout wrote:
> Forgive me for asking three questions in one night, and for the
> newbie-ness of this one in particular... (I'm doing my best to
> contribute answers as well as questions--I just have lots more of the
> latter than the former...)
>
> My immediate, although not necessarily primary, reason for wanting to
> do Linux was so I could putz around in Java. The extent of my java
> knowledge was one course two years ago, and I forgot it all
> immediately. I wanted to do a bit of relearning over my winter break
> (which is now almost over...), just 'cause I'm a big geek. But not
> geek enough, it seems, because...
>
> I've read as many of the relevant archived posts on java as I can
> stomach, and I think they assume a level of familiarity that I just
> haven't got. I gather that nothing Java comes with the YDL 2.1 I
> just installed on this aging computer of mine, and that getting Java
> to run under a PPC Linux isn't as straightforward as I thought. My
> "simple" question is:
>
> What do I need to do to get Java on my system?
>
> I don't need to do anything fancy...just use my favorite text editor
> to write HelloWorld.java, run $ javac HelloWorld.java, and $ java
> HelloWorld and have it output "Hello, World". But I don't know my
> JDKs from my JREs. What do I need to install, and where do I get it,
> and how do I install it?
>
> (Don't have the Tasty Morsels CD...I just dl'ed the iso... I made
> the mistake of paying for LinuxPPC before trying it, and learned my
> lesson--if YDL proves itself, I'll buy the next one...)
>
> --Andrew "pesky newbie" Stout
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