<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Java 2 SDK, Java 3D extension, and Java PlugIn for Netscape (optional)</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.63 "><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Nvidia OpenGL Configuration mini-HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="UP" TITLE="Download the software packages" HREF="downloadsw.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="NVIDIA drivers (Mesa libGL replacement)" HREF="x134.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Install Software" HREF="install.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECT1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >Nvidia OpenGL Configuration mini-HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="x134.html" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" >Chapter 2. Download the software packages</TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="install.html" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="AEN147" >2.7. Java 2 SDK, Java 3D extension, and Java PlugIn for Netscape (optional)</A ></H1 ><P > The following file is available at <A HREF="http://www.blackdown.org/" TARGET="_top" >http://www.blackdown.org/</A >: </P ><P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P >java3d-1.2.1_01-fcs-linux-i386-sdk.tar.bz2</P ></LI ></UL ><P > Note that to install these Java files, your system needs to have glibc 2.1.3 or later. To check your version of glibc: <TABLE BORDER="1" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="SCREEN" > ls -l /lib/libc* </PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE > On rpm-based systems (like RedHat and Mandrake), you can try: <TABLE BORDER="1" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="SCREEN" > rpm -q glibc </PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE > </P ><P > To use any Java on your system, you must also install the Java Software Development Kit (JSDK) 1.3.1 or later from <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/" TARGET="_top" >java.sun.com</A >. The Blackdown version of the JSDK will also work. </P ><P > The <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/3D/index.html" TARGET="_top" >Java 3D</A > media extension contains many 3D demo programs/applets and takes advantage of the OpenGL hardware acceleration on the system. The Java 3D API uses the OpenGL API internally. The demos run as normal Java applications and also as applets inside Netscape via the Java PlugIn, or inside <A HREF="http://www.kde.org/" TARGET="_top" >KDE</A >'s <A HREF="http://www.konqueror.org/" TARGET="_top" >Konqueror</A > by directly using the Java runtime (JRE). </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="x134.html" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="install.html" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >NVIDIA drivers (Mesa libGL replacement)</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="downloadsw.html" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Install Software</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >