Java

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Installing Java

A guide how to install is here: Installing Sun's Java on SUSE Linux

How to switch a default JRE/JDK/plugin in the system: Java/setDefaultJava

Howto install a java plugin on 64bit system in 10.3 (and older releases): Java/How_To_use_Java_with_Firefox_on_64-bit_openSuSE_10.3

Development and Packaging Java Software for openSUSE

General Packaging overview

• Packaging Overview

A detailed step-by-step example packaging project

• Packaging Cookbook

Java Software Repositories on openSUSE

• download.opensuse.org/repositories/Java:

This is a main repo for Java software. The interesting repositories are:

• Java:jpackage-1.7 which contains a port of source rpms from jpackage project to openSUSE. The goal of this project is to bring a set of Java software compatible with other (rpm) distributions to openSUSE.

• Java:addon this is a common repository for Java software. You could find there a software which is not in a distribution nor jpackage, or the newest versions of Java software.

• Java:openjdk6:Factory the latest available version of OpenJDK6, which is going to the openSUSE:Factory. This project brings the newest openjdk to the older releases of openSUSE.

General Information

• Java Applications Index
• JAVA.COM More Applications

• Java.net Project

• Java Community Process (JCP) Website
• Sun's Java Website
• GCJ GNU Compiler for Java
• OpenJDK Project