[03:32] <roy> ok - i'm a noob at Ubuntu but why oh why does Ubuntu not come with JRE, JDK "out of the box" ??????????????????????
[03:41] <vil> hi roy
[03:42] <roy> wuz up
[03:42] <vil> Ubuntu actually comes with JRE out of the box, it includes GNU java
[03:42] <vil> gij-4.1
[03:44] <vil> the problems with SUN java is that there is no package compiled from sources, which prevents it from including in main repository
[03:49] <roy> so to understand clearly the Run Time just allows new installs of Ubuntu to run a compiled java app but since the JDK is not loaded (or a GNU version of it) I can't compile my own code  - right?
[03:50] <roy> I was able to load it via the built in package manger (GUI version) and seems to be working well.
[04:02] <roy> i have a quick question noob question concerning the wrapper class as it pertains to method calls with a related primitive interger type as the return value - basically can this be done?
[04:04] <roy> saw this technique used in a text book and it looked a little weird since the return type is not a class which - the method had only one return statement which returned a class reference - good / not good - works / does not work?
[04:08] <vil> answers follow...
[04:08] <vil> fresh install has just gnu java interpreter installed, so no compilation
[04:10] <vil> if you need jdk you either can install java-gcj-compat-dev from main repository which is gnu jdk or sun-java6-jdk from multiverse repository
[04:11] <vil> you should be able to do both using just the GUI
[04:13] <vil> you can find info about configuring the repos at https://help.ubuntu.com/6.10/ubuntu/desktopguide/C/extra-repositories.html
[04:17] <vil> for java language questions pls use different channel like ##java
[04:17] <vil> anyway, autoboxing from Java 5 may help you, however for that you will need the Sun Java at the present time
[04:21] <roy> vil - thanks for the clear explination - I'll send over my java questions there - again many thanks
[04:22] <vil> roy, np
[04:22] <vil> see you
[07:15] <alejita> hi