I want to install tomcat 5.5 on Debian sarge 3.1. I have been trying to
"apt-get install java-package/testing" but i get the message that the
testing release of java-package could not be found. Can someone point
me in a direction to get a java-package > 0.24 version. 0.24 gives me a
"no plugins" error when trying to install jdk-1.5.0 which seems to be a
known problem.

I have been trying all the sources in this source.list including those
commented out:

#deb http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/ sarge main

deb http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/ stable main
deb-src http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/ stable main

#deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main
#deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main

#deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main

#deb http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/ unstable main
#deb-src http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/ unstable main

#deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main
#deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main

#deb http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian sarge main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian sarge main contrib non-free

#deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian sarge main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian sarge main contrib non-free

#deb http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/ testing main
#deb-src http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/ testing main

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main
deb-src http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/ testing main

#deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
#deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib
non-free

#deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main
contrib non-free

# PHP5.0 for Debian sarge
#deb http://people.debian.org/~dexter php5 sarge

Any help is appreciated

rogo.

"rogo" <arpcdp@hotmail.com> writes:

> I want to install tomcat 5.5 on Debian sarge 3.1. I have been trying to
> "apt-get install java-package/testing" but i get the message that the
> testing release of java-package could not be found. Can someone point
> me in a direction to get a java-package > 0.24 version. 0.24 gives me a
> "no plugins" error when trying to install jdk-1.5.0 which seems to be a
> known problem.
>
> I have been trying all the sources in this source.list including those
> commented out:

[snip]
> #deb http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/ testing main
> #deb-src http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/ testing main
>
> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main
> deb-src http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/ testing main

You need to add a "contrib" section by appending the word to the end of
one of these lines, e.g.:

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib

% apt-cache show java-package
Package: java-package
Priority: optional
Section: contrib/misc
[...]
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On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 04:43:30 -0800, rogo wrote:

> I want to install tomcat 5.5 on Debian sarge 3.1. I have been trying to
> "apt-get install java-package/testing" but i get the message that the
> testing release of java-package could not be found. Can someone point
> me in a direction to get a java-package > 0.24 version. 0.24 gives me a
> "no plugins" error when trying to install jdk-1.5.0 which seems to be a
> known problem.
>
> I have been trying all the sources in this source.list including those
> commented out:
>
> #deb http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/ sarge main
>
> deb http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/ stable main
> deb-src http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/ stable main
>
> #deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main
> #deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main
>
> #deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
>
> #deb http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/ unstable main
> #deb-src http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/ unstable main
>
> #deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main
> #deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main
>
> #deb http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian sarge main contrib non-free
> #deb-src http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian sarge main contrib non-free
>
> #deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian sarge main contrib non-free
> #deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian sarge main contrib non-free
>
> #deb http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/ testing main
> #deb-src http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/ testing main
>
> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main
> deb-src http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/ testing main
>
> #deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
> #deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib
> non-free
>
> #deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
> #deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main
> contrib non-free
>
> # PHP5.0 for Debian sarge
> #deb http://people.debian.org/~dexter php5 sarge
>
> Any help is appreciated
>
> rogo.

I have found that the 'no plugins' error can be worked around by doing:

DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE=x86_32-linux fakeroot make-jpkg <name-of-the-sdk-bin>

--rob