Installing Java JDK 1.5 - HELP **Solved**

KWhat · l33t Joined: 04 Sep 2005 Posts: 647 Location: Los Angeles

I have been trying to figure out how to install The Java JDK 1.5 and cant seem to find it on the emerge list. A few posts said to unmask it however i have not been able to do that successfully. Can anyone provide some instruction on getting Java 1.5 installed either by portage or by manually installing it?

Thank You

oshman · Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 7:04 pm Post subject:

Follow the instructions:

http://gentoo-wiki.com/Java_Installation_Help

running the cruft script is not necessary and if you are unclear of how to use it you may want the skip it. It could hurt your installation.
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i92guboj · Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 7:09 pm Post subject:

I know about two java development kit implementations in portage: the blackdown and the sun kits.

The latest blackdown jdk in portage is 1.4.2.02 (is unmasked, and there is no later version masked in portage). The dev-java/sun-jdk package has a 1.5.0.04 version available in portage. You just have to add the following line to /etc/portage/package.keywords, then emerge sun-jdk.

KWhat · l33t Joined: 04 Sep 2005 Posts: 647 Location: Los Angeles

I keep tring to add the lines to my keywords and tried adding to the unmask file but when i do emerge -s sun-jdk it only lists dev-java/sun-jdk lastest version available 1.4.2.09 and latest version installed is the same.... any ideas

Thanks

**UPDATE** fixed my type and it showed up =P
Thank you!