Debian supports Free Java
You can help Free Java Runtimes by testing your application with them. Put here links to a web page where you report the problems or the success.
PPower4 works with the Free JVMs in testing
I just wanted to let other people know that PPower4, a program to make PDF presentations from LaTeX sources, is written in Java and works fine with Debian's Free JVMs sablevm and kaffe the ones that I tested. It worked for me on both ia32 my Duron Desktop and ppc my iBook G3.
I put a debianized version of it on my account. I would welcome any comments regarding the packaging, since it involves both a LaTeX part and a Java part.
Hi guys, I want to package up a Java program I have written as a native binary for debian, but I have no idea where to start. The program itself uses SWT and I'd like to compile it into an ELF which links against the swt so's in debian. My machines are mostly using testing. Where should I read to find out about how to do this?
Let me expand on the above. I have successfully compiled my program using jikes and ran it using afaik Sun's VM. I expect few problems running it under a free VM. But what I would really like to do is compile the .java files into a native object. You may ask why and I'm not sure I can think of a good reason other than curiosity.
Well, I installed gcj, navigated my way around this very confusing bug: http://bugs.debian.org/245720 closed indeed but I really don't know where to start. gcj Main.java seems like a good idea but of course won't work - if I was using a familiar java tool I would need to set the class path. What is the 'equivalent' or, how could I convert/compile the libraries and/or paths that would be on the classpath into .so's if that is what you do so that I can compile my main program?
-- JonDowland