From cff9e08d666b96b5d590308c41bc2dbe857bf48d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Niels Thykier Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 15:56:50 +0000 Subject: Pulled another update from ddp. --- debian-java-faq/debian-java-faq.sgml | 45 +++++++++++++++--------------------- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian-java-faq/debian-java-faq.sgml b/debian-java-faq/debian-java-faq.sgml index 7812bd1..b449f47 100644 --- a/debian-java-faq/debian-java-faq.sgml +++ b/debian-java-faq/debian-java-faq.sgml @@ -3,13 +3,16 @@ -Debian GNU/Linux Java FAQ. +Debian Java FAQ. -Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña +Torsten Werner +twerner@debian.org + + +Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña jfs@debian.org -$Revision: 1.57 $ -Sunday, 4th November +$Revision: 7239 $, $Date: 2010-04-05 17:33:54 +0200 (Mon, 05 Apr 2010) $ Answers to Frequently Asked Questions on Debian and Java @@ -65,14 +68,7 @@ some mistakes, and to Egon Willighagen, who has provided quite a lot of proper patches to update its content.

This document does not address issues with other Linux -distributions, or with non-Debian-specific problems. See the for -information on these. More specifically you might want to check out the - written by Stephen M Wynne -(last updated january 2000 as of this writing). Another useful -source of general information might be the - maintained -by Nathan Meyers. +distributions, or with non-Debian-specific problems. Location of this FAQ @@ -92,7 +88,7 @@ than the package's offline version. against the java-common package if you find errors or have suggestions on how to improve this document. However, make sure you are reading the latest (english) version available at . Note +id="http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-java-faq/index.html">. Note that translations, if available, might be out of date from the original, english, version. Check out the english version first if you are reading a translation before sending a bug. @@ -117,7 +113,7 @@ them to the documentation maintainer: Information on how to use update-alternatives to handle -Java and how /etc/jvm and /etc/java. +Java and how to work with /etc/java. Information on how to setup a fully working Servlet engine (Application Server) using Apache and Tomcat or information on how to setup non-free @@ -134,7 +130,7 @@ application servers (such as WebSphere) in Debian. Java is a strongly-typed platform-independent object-oriented programming language often associated with the World Wide Web. Java was developed by for embedded applications, but has since grown to become a +Microsystems"> (now Oracle) for embedded applications, but has since grown to become a general-purpose programming language. Java source code can either be compiled to a machine-independent byte-code that can be run by Java virtual machines, or it can be compiled directly to executable code for any number @@ -149,7 +145,7 @@ multithreading, to name a few. threads, depending on the implementation of the Java virtual machine used.

Of course, Java is also the name of a popular island of Indonesia: -check out the facts at the +check out the facts at . Why would I be interested in Java?

@@ -170,10 +166,8 @@ it (i.e. Sun). However good places for Java and Linux could be: -Sun's pages. - -Blackdown's . +Sun's pages. GNU's @@ -205,14 +199,14 @@ name="Java 2 SDK">. -The , the following articles might be useful: -Issue 87 Issue 87 -Issue 69 Issue 69 -Issue 48 Issue 48 Issue 45 The appropriate place to ask such questions is debian-java at lists.debian.org. You can subscribe at the page. +id="http://lists.debian.org/debian-java/" name="Debian Mailing Lists"> page. Status of Java in Debian's older releases (before Lenny) -- cgit v1.2.3