PPC java

since we are using this mac laptop as the dedicated reprap machine, this page will contain some rants about dealing with the ppc peculiarity. first up, java. the ubuntu java page suggests using the IBM jdk. Hint: the package you want to install (after adding the medibuntu repository and key) is ibm-j2sdk1.5.

you also need the following packages (further details may ba found at http://packages.ubuntu.com/)

• libstdc++5 (which is missing from the IBM jdk requirements)
• ant-optional (for javah task)
• libx11-dev (and all its dependencies)
• mesa-common-dev (for glext.h)

the j3d source

• register at https://java3d.dev.java.net/ and follow the instructions for checkingout vecmath, j3d-core and j3d-core-utils.
• run ant in vecmath, then j3d-core directories