can anyone please tell me where can I download a java compiler.
I used to have jbuilder when I was using windows operating system.

For the Linux ports of Sun's JDK/JSE have a look at http://www.blackdown.org/

HTH

Jamie...

I use the jdk from Sun. They seemed to have the more up to date versions.

You should have a look at the IBM Jikes compiler. I have used various Java compilers and this is by far the quickest.

it can be downloaded form the location below:

http://alphaworks.ibm.com/aw.nsf/tec...2?OpenDocument

If you are used to using JBuilder you're going to wan't an IDE. Once you've istalled the JDK from sun or Blackdown get Sun One Studio 4. The community edition is free. You can get it at the location below but you must register first.

http://jsecom15.sun.com/ECom/EComAct...MLoadBalanced=

I have install jikes...
So how do i go about creating a new .java file and compiling it?

If you used JBuilder on Windows before, then why not still use JBuilder on Linux.
There is "JBuilder personal edition" for linux which u can freely download from

http://www.borland.com/products/down..._jbuilder.html





Sun One Studio 4 Community edition no longer exists. Sun droped it.
But you still can use "Netbeans" which is almost the same as Sun one community edition.

(I hope that this is the right place to ask this) I have installed the J2RE-1_4_1_07? ver of Java for Netscape and Mozilla (in RH 9.0) and still can't get either brower to reconignise it. I put in in the "Plug-in's" folder and installed it free. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

I guess I'll be the jack*ss to point out there is no java compiler....

I have to say that you are actually wrong. Java is a half-interpreted and half-compiled language. Some compilers now can compile Java to machine code. GCJ is an example of it. Although, GCJ won't compile anything that uses Swing (or any other graphical classes) included in Java it works just fine. So, there really are java compilers around....

I stand corrected then. I haven't played with Java since my first year programming classes and I know my school uses an interpreter. Being the fool I am I believed the instructors when they said thats all Java could use. For as much money as I pay they should know what they are talking about.

When will I learn?

If it makes you feel any better, I've just finished my Java class and it was pretty expensive, and I had to work and study at the same time, since I'm married and have a kid . And my teachers never pointed out that java could actually be compiled into machine code . I've found it out in this forum, and it really can be done. I'm with you J.Q. Monkey, I wonder how those guys can be promoted into a teacher/instructor... whatever

Thank all of you for the responses, J.Q. I don't consider you to be a J@ck@ss, however, I still have a problem, how do I get netscape @ mozilla to recognize the Java Plug-in that I put on my machine?
(I'm trying to figure out a way to get Yahoo games to run with the browers)

I have also been looking for answers all over..

Thanks

Hechtd

Here is where you get the Java plugin:

http://java.sun.com/products/archive/j2se/1.3.0_01/jre/

here is how you install it:

http://java.sun.com/products/archive...all-linux.html

I did everything as it supposed to do there with Firefox, but I could never get it to work . I wish you luck though

if you're using a recent version of Mozilla you need at least 1.4.2 for it to work. Then, assuming the following:
1) you are root or can write to the mozilla plugins folder
2) java is installed at /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_02
3) mozilla is installed at /usr/local/mozilla
4) you have gcc 3.2.x

just type:

ln -s /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_02/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/local/mozilla/plugins

restart mozilla and enter "about:plugins" in the address bar, and look for the Java plugin... if it's there it works... if you are using a prior version of gcc (check with gcc --version) then use the plugin .so file in .../plugin/i386/ns610 instead. I have this working on the firefox nightly from Feb. 17th.

HTH

B.