Re: [Plplot-devel] java install changes

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On Thursday 17 January 2002 16:26, Alan W. Irwin wrote:
| On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Joao Cardoso wrote:
| > On Wednesday 16 January 2002 10:10 pm, Alan W. Irwin wrote:
| > > Joao, I wrote those instructions at your suggestion.  By all
| > > means please give the instructions a try, and let me know if
| > > they need any additions.
| > >
| > > Alan
| >
| > (1) Install a jdk (Java Development Kit).  I used the Blackdown
| > jdk-1.2.2 for Linux, but for that platform there is also an IBM
| > jdk if you prefer.
| >
| > I would say that it was also tested with sun-1.1.8 and IBM-1.3.0.
|
| Please expand a bit. I am not sure what you mean by sun-1.1.8.  Is
| this the Blackdown jdk 1.1.8 port for Linux?  By IBM-1.3.0 are you
| referring to their Linux port? Finally, are you saying you tested
| with both of these Linux jdk ports, and it worked fine for you?  If
| so, that is excellent news.
|
| Alan

I'm not shure if it is SUN java. Java examples worked in both=20
suse-7.0, where the default java is:

jcard@rick:~ > rpm -q java
java-1.1.8v3-1

jcard@rick:~/tmp/plplot-clean/tmp > rpm -qi java
Name        : java                         Relocations: (not=20
relocateable)
Version     : 1.1.8v3                           Vendor: SuSE GmbH,=20
Nuernberg, Germany
Release     : 1                             Build Date: Mon 18 Jun=20
2001 16:09:55 WEST
Install date: Tue 09 Oct 2001 23:47:48 WEST      Build Host:=20
amdsima.suse.de
Group       : Development                   Source RPM:=20
java-1.1.8v3-1.src.rpm
Size        : 39201909                         License: 1994, 1995,=20
1996, 1997 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Packager    : fee...@su...
Summary     : Java Developers Kit
Description :
With this package you are able to create your own platform-independent
JAVA applications. You can compile your it with the Java compiler and
start it with the Java interpreter or the Appletviewer.
The authors of this package stipulated that the sources should not
cross hands more than two times. For this reason we are unable to
provide a source package for this program.
To get the sources, look at:=20
http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/Mirrors.cgi
For more information please refer to /usr/share/doc/packages/java.

Authors:
--------
    Steve Byrne <sb...@gn...>

SuSE series: d
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and on suse-7.2, installing the (to pay), Suse supplied but not=20
default, IBM jdk:

[jcard@feup] rpm -qa | fgrep IBM
IBMJava2-JRE-1.3-67
IBMJava2-SDK-1.3-61

[jcard@feup] java -version
java version "1.3.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0)
Classic VM (build 1.3.0, J2RE 1.3.0 IBM build cx130-20010626 (JIT=20
enabled: jitc))


Joao