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orangepoptart
12-10-2004, 01:06 AM
I know I spelled it wrong.

I have been trying to get Java running on my slackware 9.1 linux machine forever it seems. I download it and everytime I get a little further (I have learned more). But I got the rpm and it wants
Glib2.1.2-11
sh-utils
fileutils
gawk
textutilts
/bin/sh

I have no clue what it even means by /bin/sh and I think slackware and everything already comes with glib. I don't know whats going on here. I never thought simple java(fake smile) would be so hard to install I know I can run jar, but I can't run any applets on the net. I must be overlooking something EXTREMELY BASIC. I am learning java and its making me look dumb not knowing how to get it set up.
Please Help!
je_fro
12-10-2004, 01:23 AM
why are you using rpm's on a slack box?
just download the installer from http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html and use that.
retsaw
12-10-2004, 06:26 AM
Yeah, you don't use rpm's on Slackware unless you absolutely have to. If you need Slackware packages that aren't included officially use www.linuxpackages.net (http://www.linuxpackages.net) and they are installed with installpkg or you could install from source. They have the Blackdown j2re at linuxpackages if you want to use that, it's based on the java sourcecode from Sun, but I don't know what the differences are (if any) or the installer from Sun that je_fro posted the link to should work fine.
orangepoptart
12-11-2004, 02:44 AM
I tried earlier J2SE v 1.4.2_06 SDK . I am going to try J2EE 1.4 now. I am not in linux so I will have to do that tomorrow. Hopefully I can get it working soon, if not I will respond with any problems. Thankyou very much for your help!
carbon-12
12-11-2004, 12:47 PM
Um....Slackware 9.1 has j2sdk-1_4_2_01-i586-1 on the the install CDs :)

http://slackware.com/pb/searchfile.php?v=9.1&c=slackware&string=jre&w=on

I am learning java and its making me look dumb not knowing how to get it set up.

*cough* Just my $0.02, I started learning C# on Mono [ http://www.mono-project.com/about/index.html ] and its fantastic! Maybe you should give it a try.