Java Runtime Environment

[anthony baldwin]

Marco Segreto wrote:
> Hey I have questions about Java on a powerpc. I wanted to install the 
> Java plugin so I can see java applets in Firefox as well as the Java 
> Runtime Environment. I wanted to be able to write and compile java 
> programs on ubuntu.
> 
> I've read various places that theres no Java for Linux PowerPC and 
> theres a couple of open projects such as IcedTea or OpenJava or IBM's 
> Java 2.something. What's my best option to install the plugin and 
> install the Java Runtime Environment? Are there any IDE's that would be 
> available as well if I wanted to start programming in Java?
> 

Netbeans and Eclipse are both available in our repos, to my knowledge,
but I don't know if there's an issue using them with PowerPC.
I never heard anything about that...That strikes me as very odd.

/tony

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