Hello,

I would like to learn JAVA programming on Linux operating system.

I would like to know if there are certain applications that need to be installed(of course from the software manager) to accomplish this.

Currently, I am running Linux Mint version 10 on my system

To see if you have the required tools, post the output if these commands:

Also, is there a particular reason for Java? I'd recommend Python or C++ for someone who is learning programming.

I recommend installing Eclipse too. It is a very powerful IDE.
Which language to learn is obviously not an easy question but I don't see any reasons for learning C++ over Java.
Java is probably a bit nicer to work with than C++.

Hello,

I could not see any output on the terminal when I typed in the following code

which java
which javac

I seems to me as if these commands got executed without producing any output of the terminal.

dude just go to package manager and search there "JDK" without quotes then install sun-java6-jdk you can install the same from command prompt...
Now after installation you can program in Java as you do in windows ..{No need to set environment variable kind of thing}

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"JAVA_HOME" and other variables need to be set, or things won't work. Most of the time, the post-install scripts will do it.

If you want to have some fun with java ... There is a game called "ROBOCODE" where you build robots using JAVA and have them battle on a virtual battlefield. You define aspects such as move speed and what they do when the spot an enemy ... There are pre-made scripts, but the editor allows you to import ones that you have written. I use it to play with JAVA and enjoy seeing my scripts duke it out. You should be able to find it with APT-GET, Seeing as how that's where I got it.


Here is a site explaining how to edit the bots, and the anatomy of the coding and such: FUN TIME HAPPY LINK