I am a new user of Debian in Hong Kong . However , there are not so many discussion on Java running under Debian in HK .

After a lot of search on the Web , I find a way to to install Java on Debian woody easily.

I would like to share this to other Debian users . Such that they can find the way to install and run Java on their Debain. Does not need to spend a lot of time to search the web How to ( like me a poor man ). Any comment to improve the installation are welcome .

Below are how it work : -

Install Java on Debian woody:

1. Download j2se-package:

   j2se-package is a utility for building Java(TM) 2
   related Debian packages

   Insert the following apt-line in your sources.list or
   download and install the packages manually:

   deb http://z42.de debian/
   deb-src http://z42.de debian/
   

   This package provides the capability to create a
   debian package from a Java(TM) 2 distribution by just
   running "j2se-package filename".

   Type the following in the command line to get the j2se-package by running:

   apt-get install j2se-package

2. Download the Java binary package for linux form Sun website (http://java.sun.com/j2se/downloads.html) to download : j2sdk-1_4_2_04-linux-i586.bin

3. Convert J2SDK to Debian package by running j2se-package filename

   Command line example:

   j2se-package j2sdk-1_4_2_04-linux-i586.bin

4. The Debian package will be created in the current
   directory. You can install the package as root
   (e.g. dpkg -i sun-j2sdk1.4_1.4.2+04_i386.deb).

   You should also install the corresponding package with
   Debian specific parts (e.g. apt-get install
sun-j2sdk1.4debian).

   After that, it is done. Your j2sdk will be working.

5. To enable the java plugin into Mozilla,login as
   root ( or by su), create a link to the java plugin file
   (libjavaplugin_oji.so) to the
   Mozilla plug in directory. e.g.

   ln -s /usr/lib/j2sdk1.4-sun/jre/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so

Hope to see more discussion for Java on Debian HK.

Regards ,
K M Lau

Notice: An updated chinese version of this article had been posted in OSWikiHK http://wiki.linux.org.hk/index.php/How_to_install_Java_on_Debian.