Debian sun-java5-jdk package: http://packages.debian.org/etch/sun-java5-jdk Debian libgnumail-java package for precusors: http://packages.debian.org/etch/libgnumail-java conrad@devssh:~$ uname -a Linux devssh 2.6.18-5-686 #1 SMP Wed Oct 3 00:12:50 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux conrad@devssh:~$ conrad@devssh:~$ which javac /usr/bin/javac conrad@devssh:~$ ll /usr/bin/javac lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2007-11-16 20:29 /usr/bin/javac -> /etc/alternatives/javac conrad@devssh:~$ sudo su - devssh:~# update-alternatives --list javac /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/javac /usr/bin/ecj-bootstrap devssh:~# exit conrad@devssh:~$ javac -version Eclipse Java Compiler v_677_R32x, 3.2.1 release, Copyright IBM Corp 2000, 2006. All rights reserved. conrad@devssh:~$ conrad@devssh:~$ which java /usr/bin/java conrad@devssh:~$ ll /usr/bin/java lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2007-11-16 20:29 /usr/bin/java -> /etc/alternatives/java conrad@devssh:~$ sudo su - devssh:~# update-alternatives --list java /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/java /usr/bin/gij-wrapper-4.1 devssh:~# exit conrad@devssh:~$ java -version java version "1.5.0_10" Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_10-b03) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_10-b03, mixed mode, sharing) conrad@devssh:~$