I wanted to write and run some applications. The compiler (javac) wouldn't run. The problem may have been a simple as revising the PATH variable, but I decided to wait until I had a more robust Linux than zipslack-- figured the file zipslack file system might cause Java some problems. So far, except for a couple of applets, I've just written apps that run in a DOS box-- I planned to work mostly with console mode programs under Linux-- web crawlers, math programs, text manipulation, etc. I hadn't seen anything about Java on this list, but hoped some other blinuxers were at least tinkering with Java. Thanks for feedback. At 12:37 PM 10/15/02 +0200, you wrote: >Robert Bebee <rbebee@iquest.net> writes: > >> I've been practicing with a zipslack installation, and I'm considering >> going for a purer Linux. I'd like to work with Java. I installed a >> JDK (Java Development Kit) on my zipslack-- it installed okay, but I >> couldn't do anything with it. > >What did you want to do? All command-line / text-output >based java apps should work (there are practically none...). >And GUI java stuff does *NOT* work under Linux, >because there is still no working Java-enabled screen reader. >IBM wrote the SVK, but they only supported Windows and Solaris. > > >-- >CYa, > Mario > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list