java library installation issues

[Egon Willighagen]

Op donderdag 05 april 2001 01:43, schreef Per Bothner:
> Egon Willighagen <egonw@subdimension.com> writes:
> > I like the idea of a Perl launcher...
>
> I hate the idea of requiring Perl in order to run Java ...
>
> Of course Debian can use whatever wrappers it will, but no Java
> application *I* manage will require Perl to run.

In Debian i do not think this is a problem. Much of the Debian system
is built around Perl... But i agree, that for other distributions this might 
be a problem....

> So gcj has jvgenmain.

This would certainly be a good option... If we good get it as flexible as
the proposed Perl launcher....

Egon