[Biojava-l] First baby steps with biojava

[Ewan Birney]

On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Thomas Down wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 09:53:59AM +0000, Ewan Birney wrote:
> > 
> > Ok. I've downloaded IBM sdk
> 
> Which version?
> 
> And what platform?  Linux?
> 
> > [Couldn't find java.util.ArrayList] 
> >
> > Is this my problem or biojava's problem? What do I need to do to fix
> > it...?
> 
> BioJava requires Java 1.2 or later (In Sun parlance, Java 2
> SDK version 1.2 or later).  It looks very much as though you're
> using an older version (IBM still offer a 1.1.8 for download).
> Alternatively, you might have installed the new one but don't
> have your PATH updated properly.
> 

Aha. Bug found. Time to download a 1.2 SDK. 

(this is probably worth putting into the README) 

Where is the best place to get a good, rpm installable (ideally) SDK for
1.2?