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4 4
5<guide link="/doc/en/java.xml"> 5<guide>
6<title>Gentoo Java Guide</title> 6<title>Gentoo Java Guide</title>
7 7
8<author title="Author and Editor"> 8<author title="Author">
9 <mail link="nichoj@gentoo.org">Joshua Nichols</mail>
10</author>
11<author title="Author">
9 <mail link="karltk@gentoo.org">Karl Trygve Kalleberg</mail> 12 <mail link="karltk@gentoo.org">Karl Trygve Kalleberg</mail>
10</author> 13</author>
11<author title="Editor"> 14<author title="Editor">
12 <mail link="swift@gentoo.org">Sven Vermeulen</mail> 15 <mail link="nightmorph@gentoo.org">Joshua Saddler</mail>
13</author> 16</author>
14<author title="Editor">
15 <mail link="vanquirius@gentoo.org">Marcelo Góes</mail>
16</author>
17 17
18<abstract> 18<abstract>
19This guide will introduce users and developers to Java and explain how to use 19This guide will introduce you to Java and explain how to use Java with Gentoo
20Java with Gentoo Linux. 20Linux.
21</abstract> 21</abstract>
22 22
23<!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
24<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
23<license/> 25<license/>
24 26
25<version>0.1.8</version> 27<version>0.22</version>
26<date>2005-11-13</date> 28<date>2009-12-23</date>
27 29
28<chapter> 30<chapter>
29<title>What is Java?</title> 31<title>What is Java?</title>
30<section> 32<section>
31<title>Overview</title> 33<title>Overview</title>
32<body> 34<body>
33 35
34<p> 36<p>
35Java is a programming language developed by engineers of Sun Microsystems. 37Java is a programming language developed by engineers of Sun Microsystems. The
36The language is object-oriented and designed to run on multiple platforms 38language is object-oriented and designed to run on multiple platforms without
37without the need of recompiling code for each platform. Although Java can 39the need of recompiling code for each platform. Although Java can be compiled
38be compiled as a native program, much of Java's popularity can be attributed 40as a native program, much of Java's popularity can be attributed to its
39to its portability, along with other features such as garbage collection. 41portability, along with other features such as garbage collection. To make
40The ability to compile once and run in various platforms is achieved through 42platform independence possible the Java compiler compiles the Java code to an
41the use of just-in-time compilers (JIT), which compile Java bytecodes into 43intermediate representation called "Java bytecode" that runs on a JRE (Java
42native code when a given program is run. 44Runtime Environment) and not directly on the operating system.
43</p>
44
45<p> 45</p>
46
47<p>
46In order to run Java bytecodes, one needs to have a JRE (Java Runtime Environment) 48In order to run Java bytecode, one needs to have a JRE (Java Runtime
47installed. A JRE provides core libraries, a platform dependent Java Virtual Machine, 49Environment) installed. A JRE provides core libraries, a platform dependent
48plug-ins for browsers, among other things. A JDK (Java Development Kit) adds 50Java Virtual Machine, plugins for browsers, among other things. A JDK (Java
49programming tools, such as a bytecode compiler and a debugger. 51Development Kit) adds programming tools, such as a bytecode compiler and a
52debugger.
50</p> 53</p>
51 54
52</body> 55</body>
53</section> 56</section>
54</chapter>
55
56<chapter> 57</chapter>
57<title>Installing a JRE/JDK</title> 58
59<chapter>
60<title>Before You Begin</title>
61<section>
62<title>Existing installs</title>
63<body>
64
65<p>
66For existing installs, regardless of if you have installed anything Java
67before, make sure you have followed the <uri
68link="/proj/en/java/java-upgrade.xml">Java Upgrade Guide</uri>.
69</p>
70
71</body>
72</section>
73<section>
74<title>New installs</title>
75<body>
76
77<p>
78New installs should require no further preparation.
79</p>
80
81</body>
82</section>
83</chapter>
84
85<chapter>
86<title>Installing a Virtual Machine</title>
58<section> 87<section>
59<title>The choices</title> 88<title>The choices</title>
60<body> 89<body>
61 90
62<p> 91<p>
63Gentoo provides numerous JREs and JDKs. Among the current alternatives, we have: 92Gentoo provides numerous Runtime Environments (JREs) and Development Kits
64</p> 93(JDKs). Among the current choices, we have:
65
66<ul>
67 <li>blackdown-jre and blackdown-jdk, the Blackdown Java Kit</li>
68 <li>sun-jre-bin and sun-jdk, Sun's Java Kit </li>
69 <li>ibm-jre-bin and ibm-jdk-bin, the IBM Java Kit</li>
70 <li>compaq-jre and compaq-jdk, the Compaq Java Kit for Alpha/Linux/GNU</li>
71 <li>jrockit-jdk-bin, BEA WebLogic's J2SE Development Kit</li>
72</ul>
73
74<p> 94</p>
75The default is the Blackdown JRE/JDK
76pair, as it is freely ("free as in beer") available without any registration
77fuss.
78</p>
79 95
80<p> 96<table>
81Both the Sun JRE/JDK and the IBM JRE/JDK are generally faster, but getting them 97<tr>
82is a bit more work, as you are required to read and accept their license before 98 <th>Vendor</th>
83downloading (IBM additionally requires you to register). 99 <th>JDK</th>
84</p> 100 <th>JRE</th>
101</tr>
102<tr>
103 <ti>Sun's Java Kit</ti>
104 <ti>dev-java/sun-jdk</ti>
105 <ti>dev-java/sun-jre-bin</ti>
106</tr>
107<tr>
108 <ti>The IBM Java Kit</ti>
109 <ti>dev-java/ibm-jdk-bin</ti>
110 <ti>dev-java/ibm-jre-bin</ti>
111</tr>
112<tr>
113 <ti>BEA WebLogic's J2SE Development Kit</ti>
114 <ti>dev-java/jrockit-jdk-bin</ti>
115</tr>
116</table>
85 117
86<p> 118<!--
87Our ebuilds for the Sun and IBM JRE/JDKs will notify you of where to go to 119TODO: list free implementations?
88download them. 120note about not drop-in replacements
89</p> 121kaffe/sablevm/gcj/jamvm
90 122-->
91</body> 123</body>
92</section>
93<section> 124</section>
125<section>
94<title>Installing the Sun/IBM JRE/JDKs</title> 126<title>Installing a JRE/JDKs</title>
95<body> 127<body>
96 128
129<p>
130To install your profile's default JDK, you can run <c>emerge virtual/jdk</c>.
131Or to install your profile's default JRE, you can <c>emerge virtual/jre</c>.
97<p> 132</p>
98If you run <c>emerge =sun-jdk-1.4.2.06</c> or <c>=ibm-jdk-bin-1.4.2</c>, you will 133
99be notified that you are required to download the actual tarballs yourself. This 134<p>
100has to do with license restrictions for the Sun JRE/JDK (online click-wrap 135In recent events, Sun has relicensed their JDK and JRE under a more Linux
101license) and registration issues with the IBM JRE/JDK. 136distro friendly license. As a result, Sun Java 1.5 and onwards are
137freely downloadable, without any further hassle.
102</p> 138</p>
103 139
104<note> 140<note>
105ibm-jdk-bin is currently masked, you may have to unmask it to use it. 141A JDK also includes a JRE, so if you install a JDK you shouldn't have to also
142have to install a JRE.
106</note> 143</note>
107 144
145</body>
146</section>
147<section>
148<title>Installing fetch-restricted virtual machines</title>
149<body>
150
151<p>
152Some of the JDKs and JREs require you to jump through a few hoops before
153installing. Simply emerge the packages as you normally would. The ebuilds will
154then instruct you where to go and what to download.
155</p>
156
108<p> 157<p>
109You should download the indicated file(s) into 158You should download the indicated file(s) into
110<path>/usr/portage/distfiles</path>. Once that is done, you can rerun the emerge 159<path>/usr/portage/distfiles</path>. Once there, you can rerun the emerge
111command, then the JRE/JDK will be installed properly into <path>/opt</path>. 160command, at which point the JRE/JDK will be begin to install.
112</p> 161</p>
113 162
114</body> 163</body>
115</section> 164</section>
116</chapter>
117
118<chapter> 165</chapter>
119<title>Configuring your JRE/JDK</title> 166
167<chapter>
168<title>Configuring your virtual machine</title>
120<section> 169<section>
121<title>Overview</title> 170<title>Overview</title>
122<body> 171<body>
123 172
124<p> 173<p>
125Gentoo has the ability to have multiple JDKs and JREs installed without them 174Gentoo has the ability to have multiple JDKs and JREs installed without causing
126conflicting. 175conflicts.
127</p>
128
129<p> 176</p>
177
178<p>
130Using the <c>java-config</c> tool, you can set the system-wide default if you 179Using the <c>java-config</c> tool, you can set the system-wide default
131have root access. Users can also use <c>java-config</c> to set up their own 180(provided you have root access). Users can also use <c>java-config</c> to set
132personal default, that is different from the system-wide default. 181up their own personal default.
133</p> 182</p>
134 183
135</body> 184<note>
136</section> 185You can also use <e>eselect</e> to change the system and user vm. See
186<c>eselect java-vm help</c>.
187</note>
137 188
189</body>
138<section> 190</section>
191<section>
139<title>Setting a default JRE/JDK</title> 192<title>Setting a default virtual machine</title>
140<body> 193<body>
141 194
142<p> 195<p>
143Running the command <c>java-config --list-available-vms</c> will give you a list 196Running the command <c>java-config --list-available-vms</c> will give you a
144of all available JREs and JDKs on your system. Here is an example of output: 197list of all JREs and JDKs installed on your system. Here is an example of
198output:
145</p> 199</p>
146 200
147<pre caption="Listing available VMs"> 201<pre caption="Listing available VMs">
148# <i>java-config --list-available-vms</i> 202# <i>java-config --list-available-vms</i>
149[blackdown-jdk-1.3.1] Blackdown JDK 1.3.1 (/etc/env.d/java/20blackdown-jdk-1.3.1) 203The following VMs are available for generation-2:
150[blackdown-jre-1.3.1] Blackdown JRE 1.3.1 (/etc/env.d/java/20blackdown-jre-1.3.1) 2041) IcedTea6-bin 1.4.1 [icedtea6-bin]
151[ibm-jdk-1.3.0] IBM JDK 1.3.0 (/etc/env.d/java/20ibm-jdk-1.3.0) 2052) Sun JDK 1.5.0.20 [sun-jdk-1.5] <comment>(Build Only)</comment>
152[ibm-jdk-1.3.1] IBM JDK 1.3.1 (/etc/env.d/java/20ibm-jdk-1.3.1) 206*) Sun JDK 1.6.0.16 [sun-jdk-1.6]
153[ibm-jre-1.3.1] IBM JRE 1.3.1 (/etc/env.d/java/20ibm-jre-1.3.1)
154[sun-jdk-1.4.0] Sun JDK 1.4.0 (/etc/env.d/java/20sun-jdk-1.4.0)
155</pre> 207</pre>
156 208
209<note>
210VMs marked as Build Only may contain security vulnerabilities and/or be EOL.
211Gentoo recommends not setting these VMs as either your system or user VM.
212Please see <uri link="java.xml#build-only">Build Only VM</uri> for more
213information.
214</note>
215
157<p> 216<p>
217The <e>*</e> indicates this is the current active vm (system-vm or user-vm when
158The name in the brackets <path>"[]"</path> is the handle or ID for that 218set). The name in the brackets (<e>[]</e>) is the handle or ID for that
159particular VM. You use pass that ID to <c>java-config --set-system-vm</c>. Here is 219particular VM. You use the handle or the number to <c>java-config
160an example of how to set the system VM. 220--set-system-vm</c>. Here is an example of how to set the system VM.
161</p> 221</p>
162 222
163<pre caption="Setting the System VM"> 223<pre caption="Setting the System VM">
224<comment>(By handle (preferred))</comment>
164# <i>java-config --set-system-vm=ibm-jdk-1.3.1</i> 225# <i>java-config --set-system-vm sun-jdk-1.6</i>
165Now using IBM JDK 1.3.1 (/etc/env.d/java/20ibm-jdk-1.3.1) 226Now using sun-jdk-1.6 as your generation-2 system JVM
227<comment>(By number)</comment>
228# <i>java-config --set-system-vm 3</i>
229Now using sun-jdk-1.6 as your generation-2 system JVM
230</pre>
231
232<p>
233As a regular user, you can use <c>java-config --set-user-vm</c>.
166</pre> 234</p>
167 235
168<note> 236<note>
169You will have to be root to run --set-system-vm. 237You no longer have to <c>source</c> the profile for updates to the user/system
238VM take place.
170</note> 239</note>
171 240
172<p> 241</body>
173Once you have issued <c>java-config --set-system-vm</c> with a particular VM 242</section>
174ID, you will need to regenerate your <path>/etc/profile.env</path>. You can do 243<section id="build-only">
175it like this: 244<title>Build Only VM</title>
245<body>
246
176</p> 247<p>
177 248Some virtual machines are flagged as build-only due to being EOL and/or
178<pre caption="Regenerating /etc/profile.env" > 249containing security vulnerabilities. These virtual machines will not
179# <i>env-update</i> 250automatically be used by Gentoo for the running of applications using Gentoo
180</pre> 251launchers but will still be available for use by Gentoo's build environment as
181 252some packages may require them for building. The setting of these virtual
253machines as either your system or user VM is strongly discouraged as these VMs
254will then be used when running the <path>/usr/bin/{java,javac,..}</path>
255executables and will also be used by any packages not using Gentoo's launcher
256scripts.
182<p> 257</p>
183After this, you will either want to relogin, or resource 258
184<path>/etc/profile</path> into your environment. 259</body>
260</section>
261<section id="preferred-vm">
262<title>Preferred VM</title>
263<body>
264
185</p> 265<p>
186 266While merging Java packages, the VM can and will be switched as necessary.
187<p> 267</p>
188As a regular user, you can use <c>java-config --set-user-vm</c>, which will 268
189create <path>~/.gentoo/java-env</path> with all required env vars. You would
190normally source this from your shell's startup script (generally
191<path>~/.bashrc</path>).
192</p> 269<p>
270Because of the wide variety of available VMs, we do not have the resources to
271test and verify every package works on all of them. So to ensure that every
272packages merges smoothly, we have defined a list of <e>default/supported
273VMs</e> per arch. You can find them in
274<path>/usr/share/java-config-2/config/jdk-defaults.conf</path>. When you are
275merging a Java package, and it detects one of the VM in that file is installed,
276it will automatically use that VM, instead of the system-vm.
277</p>
278
279<p>
280The merge time VM switching is also needed when, for example, your system-vm is
281set a 1.4 VM and the package you are merging requires a 1.5 VM. While merging
282it will use the preferred 1.5 VM, leaving your system-vm choice intact.
283</p>
284
285<p>
286Of course, Gentoo is all about choice, so you can override these defaults in
287<path>/etc/java-config-2/build/jdk.conf</path> and have complete control over
288which VM will get used. Some examples:
289</p>
290
291<pre caption="Example /etc/java-config-2/build/jdk.conf">
292<comment>(I always want it to use a sun-jdk, ie sun-jdk-1.4 for 1.4, sun-jdk-1.5 for 1.5, etc)</comment>
293*=sun-jdk
294</pre>
295
296<pre caption="Example /etc/java-config-2/build/jdk.conf">
297<comment>(Always use sun-jdk-1.5 wherever possible, except for when a 1.4 or 1.3 VM is explicitly required)</comment>
298*=sun-jdk-1.5
299</pre>
300
301<pre caption="Example /etc/java-config-2/build/jdk.conf">
302<comment># For 1.3 I prefer sun-jdk 1.4 but when it is not available, use ibm-jdk-bin,
303# For 1.5, use sun-jdk </comment>
3041.3=sun-jdk-1.4 ibm-jdk-bin
3051.5=sun-jdk
306</pre>
307
308<warn>
309You do not <e>have</e> to edit this file. If you change these options to use a
310unsupported VM, things could possibly break. Bugs reported with a unsupported VM
311won't be prioritized as much as bugs present within supported VMs.
312</warn>
313
314</body>
315</section>
316</chapter>
317
318<chapter>
319<title>Compilers</title>
320<section>
321<body>
322
323<p>
324The standard Java compiler used for building is javac, which comes with each
325JDK. In addition to configuring the VM used at build time, it is also possible
326configure which compiler is used. Essentially, you define a list your
327preference for which compiler to use in
328<path>/etc/java-config-2/build/compilers.conf</path>.
329</p>
330
331<pre caption="/etc/java-config-2/build/compilers.conf">
332# If the ebuild supports it
333# it will check the COMPILERS var front to back and
334# use the first compiler that is installed
335
336COMPILERS="ecj-X.Y jikes javac"
337</pre>
338
339<p>
340Some compilers don't support all possible -target and -source arguments.
341Therefore, each compiler in the list is checked to see if it can support the
342desired -source/-target. javac will work in all cases, so if no other suitable
343compiler is found, it will be used instead.
344</p>
345
346<p>
347More details about each compiler are provided below:
348</p>
349
350<table>
351<tr>
352 <th>Name</th>
353 <th>Handle</th>
354 <th>Package</th>
355 <th>Description</th>
356</tr>
357<tr>
358 <ti>javac</ti>
359 <ti>javac</ti>
360 <ti>N/A</ti>
361 <ti>
362 This is the default compiler that will be used, and comes with each JDK.
363 </ti>
364</tr>
365<tr>
366 <ti>jikes</ti>
367 <ti>jikes</ti>
368 <ti>dev-java/jikes</ti>
369 <ti>
370 Jikes was originally developed by IBM. Anecdotally, it is generally quicker
371 than javac. Note however, that it is more pedantic, and will fail under a
372 few circumstances where javac has no issue. It also does not support Java
373 1.5 syntax yet.
374 </ti>
375</tr>
376<tr>
377 <ti>Eclipse Compiler for Java</ti>
378 <ti>ecj</ti>
379 <ti>dev-java/eclipse-ecj</ti>
380 <ti>
381 ECJ is the compiler used by the Eclipse software development kit. It is
382 very full featured, and is pretty fast. It does support Java 1.5 syntax.
383 </ti>
384</tr>
385</table>
386
387</body>
388</section>
389</chapter>
390
391<chapter>
392<title>Setting a default CLASSPATH</title>
393<section>
394<body>
395
396<warn>
397The options explained in this section should be considered deprecated and will
398most likely be removed in the future. We strongly recommend against using
399these, because your Java projects or application should ideally manage their
400own classpaths. If you choose to specify a default CLASSPATH, some applications
401may behave unexpectedly, because classes they weren't expecting would be on the
402classpath.
403</warn>
404
405<p>
406<c>java-config</c> can also be used to set a system-wide default CLASSPATH, as
407well a user-specific default CLASSPATH.
408</p>
409
410<p>
411First, you will want to list available Java libraries installed on your system
412that might want to be put in your CLASSPATH. Here is an example of output:
413</p>
414
415<pre caption="Listing classes">
416# <i>java-config --list-available-packages</i>
417[xerces-2] The next generation of high performance, fully compliant XML parsers in the Apache Xerces family (/usr/share/xerces-2/package.env)
418[junit] Simple framework to write repeatable tests (/usr/share/junit/package.env)
419[bsh] BeanShell: A small embeddable Java source interpreter (/usr/share/bsh/package.env)
420[bcel] The Byte Code Engineering Library: analyze, create, manipulate Java class files (/usr/share/bcel/package.env)
421[log4j] A low-overhead robust logging package for Java (/usr/share/log4j/package.env)
422...
423</pre>
424
425<p>
426Again, the names in brackets (<e>[]</e>) are the IDs that you have to pass to
427<c>java-config --set-system-classpath</c>. Here is an example:
428</p>
429
430<pre caption="Setting classpaths">
431# <i>java-config --set-system-classpath log4j,xerces-2</i>
432</pre>
433
434<note>
435The current directory (<path>.</path>) will not be part of the system
436classpath, as that should be added in your system's login profile.
437</note>
438
439<p>
440You will have to update your environment by logging out, then in again or
441sourcing <path>/etc/profile</path>.
442</p>
443
444<p>
445For users, <c>java-config --set-user-classpath</c> will create
446<path>~/.gentoo/java-env-classpath</path>, which you should then source from
447your shell's profile.
448</p>
449
450<pre caption="Sourcing user specific classpath">
451<i>if [[ -f "${HOME}/.gentoo/java-env-classpath" ]]; then
452 source ${HOME}/.gentoo/java-env-classpath
453fi</i>
454</pre>
455
456<p>
457If you really want a system wide or user default classpath you can add
458something like the following to your shell's profile. But we would advise
459against it.
460</p>
461
462<pre caption="Setting classpath">
463# <i>export CLASSPATH="${CLASSPATH}:$(java-config --classpath log4j,xerces-2)"</i>
464</pre>
465
466</body>
467</section>
468</chapter>
469
470<chapter>
471<title>Java Browser Plugins</title>
472<section>
473<title>Installing a plugin</title>
474<body>
475
476<p>
477You can install a Java plugin for your web browser by emerging a Java VM with
478the <c>nsplugin</c> USE flag set.
479</p>
480
481<note>
482<c>nsplugin</c> is not available for all architectures. Check for available
483plugins on your arch before trying to install a VM by running <c>emerge -pv
484&lt;java-vm&gt;</c>.
485</note>
486
487<p>
488Portage will allow you to install multiple versions of Java plugins, though
489only one will be used by your browser. You can check the list of available
490plugins by running:
491</p>
492
493<pre caption="Viewing available plugins">
494# <i>eselect java-nsplugin list</i>
495 [1] sun-jre-bin-1.6
496 [2] icedtea6-bin
497</pre>
498
499<p>
500In this example, <c>sun-jre-bin</c> is selected for the browser plugin.
501</p>
502
503<pre caption="Selecting a plugin">
504# <i>eselect java-nsplugin set sun-jre-bin-1.6</i>
505</pre>
506
507<p>
508Verify that the correct plugin was selected:
509</p>
510
511<pre caption="Verifying the correct plugin">
512# <i>eselect java-nsplugin list</i>
513 [1] sun-jre-bin-1.6 current
514 [2] icedtea6-bin
515</pre>
516
517<p>
518Java.com also provides a link to <uri
519link="http://java.com/en/download/installed.jsp">verify your installed
520plugin</uri>. Additionally, if you are using a Mozilla-based browser, you can
521verify your Java plugin by typing <c>about:plugins</c> into the address bar.
522</p>
523
524</body>
525</section>
526<section>
527<title>Plugins on multilib systems</title>
528<body>
529
530<p>
531If you are running a mixed 64-bit and 32-bit multilib system (for example, on
532AMD64), you can use 64-bit and 32-bit Java plugins. Unless you have a pressing
533need to run 32-bit Java applications, we recommend using native 64-bit plugins
534on 64-bit web browsers.
535</p>
536
537<p>
538There are several native 64-bit browser plugins available. The default JDK/JRE
539pair, <c>sun-jdk</c> and <c>sun-jre-bin</c>, both include browser plugins. Just
540emerge one of them with the <c>nsplugin</c> USE flag enabled.
541</p>
542
543<pre caption="Installing a 64-bit plugin">
544# <i>echo "dev-java/sun-jre-bin nsplugin" >> /etc/portage/package.use</i>
545# <i>emerge sun-jre-bin</i>
546</pre>
547
548<p>
549To use a 32-bit plugin on a 32-bit browser, you will need to emerge
550<c>emul-linux-x86-java</c> with the <c>nsplugin</c> USE flag enabled.
551</p>
552
553<pre caption="Installing a 32-bit plugin">
554# <i>echo "app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-java nsplugin" >> /etc/portage/package.use</i>
555# <i>emerge emul-linux-x86-java</i>
556</pre>
557
558<p>
559Next, check which plugins are available:
560</p>
561
562<pre caption="Viewing available plugins">
563# <i>eselect java-nsplugin list</i>
564Available 32-bit Java browser plugins
565 [1] emul-linux-x86-java-1.5
566 [2] emul-linux-x86-java-1.6
567Available 64-bit Java browser plugins
568 [1] icedtea6-bin
569 [2] sun-jre-bin-1.6
570</pre>
571
572<p>
573Now select the right plugin for your browsers:
574</p>
575
576<pre caption="Selecting plugins">
577<comment>(Choose the plugins for 32-bit and 64-bit browsers)</comment>
578# <i>eselect java-nsplugin set 32bit emul-linux-x86-java-1.6</i>
579# <i>eselect java-nsplugin set 64bit sun-jre-bin-1.6</i>
580</pre>
581
582<p>
583Verify the correct plugin was selected:
584</p>
585
586<pre caption="Verifying the correct plugin">
587# <i>eselect java-nsplugin list</i>
588Available 32-bit Java browser plugins
589 [1] emul-linux-x86-java-1.5
590 [2] emul-linux-x86-java-1.6 current
591Available 64-bit Java browser plugins
592 [1] icedtea6-bin
593 [2] sun-jre-bin-1.6 current
594</pre>
193 595
194</body> 596</body>
195</section> 597</section>
196</chapter> 598</chapter>
197 599
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212<section> 614<section>
213<title>The flags</title> 615<title>The flags</title>
214<body> 616<body>
215 617
216<ul> 618<ul>
217 <li>The <b>java</b> flag adds support for Java in a variety of programs.</li> 619 <li>The <b>java</b> flag adds support for Java in a variety of programs</li>
620 <li>
621 The <b>nsplugin</b> flag adds support for Mozilla-like browsers (including
622 Firefox). You will need this for viewing Java applets in your Mozilla-like
623 browser.
218 <li> 624 </li>
219 The <b>nsplugin</b> flag adds a symlink to the javaplugin for 625 <li>
220 Mozilla-like browsers (including Firefox) if you are using, for example, 626 The <b>source</b> flag installs a zip of the source code of a package.
221 Blackdown's Java kit, IBM Java Kit or Sun's Java Kit. You will need this 627 This is traditionally used for IDEs to 'attach' source to the libraries you
222 for viewing Java applets in your Mozilla-like browser. 628 are using.
629 </li>
630 <li>The <b>jce</b> flag adds support for the Java Cryptography Engine</li>
631 <li>
632 For Java packages, the <b>doc</b> flag will build API documentation using
633 javadoc.
223 </li> 634 </li>
224</ul> 635</ul>
225 636
226</body> 637</body>
227</section> 638</section>
… …
234<body> 645<body>
235 646
236<ul> 647<ul>
237 <li>java-config man page</li> 648 <li>java-config man page</li>
238 <li><c>java-config --help</c></li> 649 <li><c>java-config --help</c></li>
239 <li>The <path>/usr/bin/java-config</path> script itself</li>
240</ul> 650</ul>
241 651
242</body> 652</body>
243</section> 653</section>
244<section> 654<section>
245<title>Online resources</title> 655<title>Online resources</title>
246<body> 656<body>
247 657
248<ul> 658<ul>
249 <li> 659 <li>
660 The <uri link="http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/java/">Java Project
661 Page</uri>
662 </li>
663 <li>
250 The <uri 664 The <uri
251 link="http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel">gentoo-dev</uri>,
252 <uri link="http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user">gentoo-user
253 </uri> and <uri
254 link="http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.java">gentoo-java</uri> 665 link="http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.java">gentoo-java</uri>,
666 <uri
667 link="http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user">gentoo-user</uri>, and
668 <uri
669 link="http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel">gentoo-dev</uri>
255 mailing list archives 670 mailing list archives
256 </li> 671 </li>
257 <li>#gentoo and #gentoo-java on irc.freenode.net</li> 672 <li>
673 <uri link="irc://irc.gentoo.org/gentoo">#gentoo</uri> and <uri
674 link="irc://irc.gentoo.org/gentoo-java">#gentoo-java</uri> on IRC
675 </li>
258 <li> 676 <li>
259 <uri 677 <uri
260 link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_programming_language">Wikipedia's 678 link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_programming_language">Wikipedia's
261 entry for Java</uri> 679 entry for Java</uri>
262 </li> 680 </li>
681 <li>
682 If you have suggestions or questions regarding this document, please email
683 the Gentoo Java team: <mail>java@gentoo.org</mail>
684 </li>
263</ul> 685</ul>
264 686
265</body> 687</body>
266</section> 688</section>
267</chapter> 689</chapter>
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