[Wylug-help] JVM

[Anne Wilson]

Hi, Tomas.  The point about setting up your sources as I suggested is
that you will find that on your list of available software will be
rpms rolled specifically for use with Mandrake - much simpler and
safer, particularly for a newbie.  You simply invoke Install Software
(either from the menu or from Mandrake Control Centre), list all
packages alphabetically, and you will see the ones you want.  If
there are dependency issues it will tell you what you also need, and
if you agree it will select them and download along with your
requested program.  Simple.

Anne

On Sunday 24 Aug 2003 6:18 pm, you wrote:
> Hi Anne,
>
> I appreciate your advise.
>
> I am still unclear about a source for a Linux for PPC virtual
> machine. Of course Apple has it's own JVM that comes with the OS,
> but it makes calls to MacOS X.  Where is the JVM that calls Linux
> from a G3 and a G4. Tomas
>
> Note:  An IBM website seems to indicate that they have v1.3 for
> this JVM, but it's not clear if they have native PPC code.
>
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> Anne Wilson wrote:
> >On Saturday 23 Aug 2003 11:43 pm, Tomas Taylor wrote:
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> >>Hi there,
> >>
> >>I just ordered Mandrake Linux for PPC 9.1 to install on a second
> >>partition of my PowerBook G4.
> >>
> >>It just occurred to me: Is the Java Virtual Machine included with
> >>Linux or do I have to find the JVM someplace else?
> >
> >Mandrake never include anything that has a licensing issue.  You
> > can get it from Sun, but it is better to configure your sources
> > by going to http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/ , then get rpms from
> > texstar.
> >
> >Don't forget that there will be a slew of security fixes to
> > download as soon as you are up and running.  Do that first, then
> > get the extra sources from the Easy URPMI page.
> >
> >Anne