Re: [gentoo-amd64] Java on AMD64

[Bernhard Auzinger]

Am Donnerstag 20 September 2007 schrieb Mark Knecht:
> It has been a long time since I've looked at Java on my AMD64 machine.
> I run into links, etc., and they don't work. It was frustrating two
> years ago. It just didn't work. On my machine still it doesn't, but
> maybe this is because I haven't tried to fix it in a long time, so...
>
> Here's a link with some Java on the page:
>
> http://mathworld.wolfram.com/GaussianFunction.html
>
> I get the typical white box with a jigsaw puzzle piece asking me to
> 'Click here to download plugin' and then a message about JRE missing.
>
> I currently use Blackdown but notice this 'virtual' JRE is Sun. That
> all seems a bit strange.
>
> lightning ~ # eix -I jre
> [I] dev-java/blackdown-jre
>      Available versions:  (1.4.2)  1.4.2.03-r14
>         {nsplugin}
>      Installed versions:  1.4.2.03-r14(1.4.2)(01:56:19 AM
> 06/02/2007)(-nsplugin) Homepage:            http://www.blackdown.org
>      Description:         Blackdown Java Runtime Environment
>
> [U] virtual/jre
>      Available versions:
>         (1.4)   1.4.1 1.4.2
>         (1.5)   1.5.0
>         (1.6)   1.6.0
>      Installed versions:  1.5.0(1.5)(10:30:16 PM 06/01/2007)
>      Homepage:            http://java.sun.com/
>      Description:         Virtual for JRE
>
> Found 2 matches.
> lightning ~ #
>
> I thought that before I invested too much time I'd ask if there is
> anyone who makes pages like the one above work and what you have
> installed.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Cheers,
> Mark

But if you are comfortable in using conqueror, there is another possibility. 
Because as far as I know, konqueror uses the java-vm directly (no plugin). So 
you can use the 64bit sun-jdk/jre without any problem.

Rgds
Bernhard
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