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On Sun, Jun 01, 2008 at 10:24:57AM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote |
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> I only need a runtime. I don't know the programming language, so |
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> there's no need for a full-blown development environment. |
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OK, so I *WAS* going to try the Sun JRE. It seems that there's no |
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such animal. You have to download the fullblown developer's kit... |
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[m3000][root][~] emerge -pv virtual/jre |
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These are the packages that would be merged, in order: |
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Calculating dependencies... done! |
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[ebuild N ] dev-java/java-config-wrapper-0.15 7 kB |
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[ebuild N ] dev-java/java-config-2.1.6 40 kB |
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[ebuild N ] dev-java/java-config-1.3.7 15 kB |
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[ebuild N ] dev-java/sun-jdk-1.6.0.05 USE="X alsa nsplugin -doc -examples -jce -odbc" 68,885 kB |
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[ebuild N ] virtual/jdk-1.6.0 0 kB |
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[ebuild N ] virtual/jre-1.6.0 0 kB |
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[m3000][root][~] emerge -pv virtual/jdk |
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These are the packages that would be merged, in order: |
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Calculating dependencies... done! |
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[ebuild N ] dev-java/java-config-wrapper-0.15 7 kB |
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[ebuild N ] dev-java/java-config-2.1.6 40 kB |
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[ebuild N ] dev-java/java-config-1.3.7 15 kB |
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[ebuild N ] dev-java/sun-jdk-1.6.0.05 USE="X alsa nsplugin -doc -examples -jce -odbc" 68,885 kB |
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[ebuild N ] virtual/jdk-1.6.0 0 kB |
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I had always wondered why Sun's Java could be shoehorned into memory- |
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starved cellphones, but required a full gigbyte of diskspace on a PC, |
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merely to view a Java applet on a webpage. Now I know. Next thing I |
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looked at was Blackdown... |
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[m3000][root][~] emerge -pv blackdown-jre |
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These are the packages that would be merged, in order: |
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Calculating dependencies... done! |
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[ebuild N ] dev-java/java-config-wrapper-0.15 7 kB |
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[ebuild N ] net-libs/libnet-1.1.2.1-r1 USE="-doc" 998 kB |
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[ebuild N ] dev-java/java-config-2.1.6 40 kB |
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[ebuild N ] dev-java/java-config-1.3.7 15 kB |
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[ebuild N ] dev-java/blackdown-jre-1.4.2.03-r14 USE="X alsa (-nsplugin) -odbc" 13,225 kB |
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[m3000][root][~] emerge -pv blackdown-jdk |
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These are the packages that would be merged, in order: |
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Calculating dependencies... done! |
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[ebuild N ] dev-java/java-config-wrapper-0.15 7 kB |
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[ebuild N ] dev-java/java-config-2.1.6 40 kB |
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[ebuild N ] dev-java/java-config-1.3.7 15 kB |
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[ebuild N ] dev-java/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.03-r15 USE="-doc (-nsplugin)" 33,571 kB |
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The jdk is significantly smaller, and the jre even moreso. However, |
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the "(-nsplugin)" scares me. Does that mean it doesn't have the ability |
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to view Java applets in Firefox via plugins??? What's the point? Even |
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with a desktop PC, a gigabyte here and a gigabyte there, and pretty soon |
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you're talking real significant diskspace. I plan on getting an ASUS |
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EEE 900 soon. And on that thing, a gigabyte to view webpage applets is a |
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very bad idea. |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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Stop the Squeegee Kids in Pinstripe Suits |
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