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Java 6 in Slackware 14

I wanted to install jdk6 in Slackware 14.
Why 6? Well that is what I have been programming with up till now and I don't want to worry about any problems that the upgrade will cause me just yet.

The slackbuild in 14/extra demands a .tar.gz file

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To use it, you'll need Oracle's JDK or JRE package for Linux. Get the
appropriate version for your architecture, either 32-bit i586 or 64-bit
x64. Be sure to get the version that is packaged as a .tar.gz!

There is no .tar.gz for jdk6 that I can find, only for jdk7 so I installed the tgz package from 13.37. That seems to work Ok, at least for running, I haven't tried programming yet.

You can use the jdk.SlackBuild script of slackware 13.37's "/extra/source/jdk-6/" directory to build a Slackware package for the most recent JDK6, if you change the VERSION and DVER variables in the script and download the corresponding JDK6 binary archive from Oracle.

Eric

Thanks. Didn't think to look there.