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raul_nds

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From: Lisbon, Portugal

Registered: 2007-06-28

Posts: 258

I need to install this list of programs with the correct versions.Help

I have to develop a project for the Software Engineering course, and I need this list of software with those exact versions.

http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dd778r38_24fsf86m

The installation guide they supply is for windows XP (no luck there either, since I have Vista in my PC)

Well in Arch this is a problem. For example, how the hell do I install jdk 1.5? If you guys can suggest anything, please say Or else i'm doomed, and i'll have to program in Vista for 6 months.

May-C

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Registered: 2007-12-28

Posts: 83

Re: I need to install this list of programs with the correct versions.Help

Archlinux isn't really the best choice if you have to have software in a certain version...

However JDK should not be a problem. You can download it from sun, put it in your home folder or /opt or /usr/local .... Then you just have to set JAVA_HOME to your jdk before using the app... You can do this in shell script for example:

#!/bin/bash
export JAVA_HOME=/path/to/my/jdk
/here/is/my/app

raul_nds

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From: Lisbon, Portugal

Registered: 2007-06-28

Posts: 258

Re: I need to install this list of programs with the correct versions.Help

Sweet Thanks. I think Java's version is the most important. What about the other list? Do you recognize any other software? Besides Eclipse of course

nDray

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From: Portugal

Registered: 2007-01-21

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Re: I need to install this list of programs with the correct versions.Help

(great to see portuguese here )
Is the software version THAT important? Eclipse, for example, allows you to create projects with backward compatibility... There was a chance recently, but I guess it just lost compatibility to 1.4... The rest of the software is most certainly backward compatible....

If you really need that versions (which might be the case, since it's for "distributed sysmtes") you might either install them manually, from source, or check the PKGBUILDs from ABS and automate most of the work......

May-C

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Registered: 2007-12-28

Posts: 83

Re: I need to install this list of programs with the correct versions.Help

Lets see...
- MySQL 5 (5.0.45) in the arch repository there is MySQL 5 (5.0.51). No problem I guess.
- CVS I don't think the version matters... Just install it with pacman
- Eclipse... Would try the version available with pacman... Don't forget in you settings too choose jdk_5
- Eclipse-plugins... just install with the plugin Manager within Eclipse
- JWDSP seems to be just a collection of software...  Tomcat seems to be too actual AFAIK there are a lot of changes between 5 and 5.5 ...did not look up the rest...

Last edited by May-C (2008-02-29 18:00:18)