Re: [gentoo-user] Java install question

[Mark Knecht]

On 12/18/05, Petteri Räty <petteri.raty@××××××××××.fi> wrote:
> Mark Knecht wrote:
> > Hi,
> >    Is a Java JDK a necessity? I currently have none of the Blackdown
> > stuff installed and am using sun-jre-bin as it solves a problem with
> > some drop down menus. However, when I emerge sun-jre-bin I get a set
> > of messages that aren't comforting:
> >
>
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=115345
>
> Regards,
> Petteri

Thanks! That's very helpful to know.

Do anyone know what was meant by the final comment? I've copied it
here for ease of discussion. How do I set the Java VM to the JDK? Why
is this recommended?

<QUOTE>
Just so you know, you probably should set your system VM to a JDK. If you want,
you can set your user's VM to be a JRE. The reason for this is that if you ever
install a Java package or application, you're goint to need a JDK set as your
system VM.
</QUOTE>

Thanks,
Mark

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