JAVA for 2.11?

[edoc]

Which version of JAVA is preferred with 2.11 (pending release of 2.12)?

Need ability to access JAVA web sites via Seamonkey such as
http://www.ve7cc.net/scripts/spider.cgi

And to run JAVA apps such as Thingamablog
http://thingamablog.sourceforge.net/

And the JSword Bible Study app
http://www.crosswire.org/jsword/

And many others.

[rarsa]

If space is not an issue and you don't mind installing a full version, I'd recommend installing the latest version from the java.com site.

you just install it following the instructions and then create a symlink to the java executable into the /root/my-applications/bin and that's it.

[edoc]

If space is not an issue and you don't mind installing a full version, I'd recommend installing the latest version from the java.com site.

you just install it following the instructions and then create a symlink to the java executable into the /root/my-applications/bin and that's it.

I did not mention that I have a "frugal" install on my laptop.

Does that impact the decision re. which JAVA to install, or how?

Also, please remind me how to "create a symlink to the java executable into the /root/my-applications/bin"

[GuestToo]

the last time i looked at the manual download page, the latest version was still 6 ... it's now version 9
http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp

all my package does is to download the Linux (self-extracting file) (filesize: 16.27 MB) ... set's the execute bit, and runs the file ... the Java installer will automatically install Java in the same dir that the installer is in

then you make a symlink for the internet browser plugin (just drag with the middle mouse button)

then i set the JAVA_HOME and PATH variables in /etc/profile.local

i just have a small (256 meg) Puppy save file ... anything big like Java, i put outside the save file, on a partition ... /mnt/home is mounted automatically when Puppy boots

for example, i have Java installed on /mnt/hda15 ... so i dragged /mnt/hda15/jre1.5.0_06/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so to /root/.mozilla/plugins with the middle mouse button to make a symlink

then i put this in /etc/profile.local:

export JAVA_HOME=/mnt/hda15/jre1.5.0_06
export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME

in your case, if /mnt/home is an ext3 partition, you could install Java in /mnt/home if you like

so to install Java, you just have to download and run the java installer where you want it to install ... make a symlink for the browser (Seamonkey/Firefox/Opera) ... and setup JAVA_HOME and PATH

my Java installer does this automatically ... so does MU's, his is version 8 i think, mine is version 6, the latest version is 9

[rarsa]

I did not mention that I have a "frugal" install on my laptop.

Does that impact the decision re. which JAVA to install, or how?

No it does not. I use frugal install and keep my big apps (java, limewire, OpenOffice, etc) in a partition outside my pup_save file.

Also, please remind me how to "create a symlink to the java executable into the /root/my-applications/bin"

There are many ways:

Here are three different ways of doing it:
a) Using Rox go to the bin folder under the folder where you installed Java; right click on the java executable and select "Link"
b) Open one Rox window and go to /root/my-applications/bin; Open another Rox window and go to the bin directory under the directory where you installed Java; Drag the java file while pressing "Shift+Ctrl" and drop it into the other directory.
c) Use the ln command line command:

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ln -s <target> <link-name>
for example
ln -s /mnt/hda2/jre1.5.0_06/bin/java  /root/my-applications/bin/java

[MU]

http://www.murga.org/~puppy/viewtopic.php?t=11096

Mark