On Tuesday 19 July 2005 2:48 pm, Paul Howarth wrote: > On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 10:56 -0700, Kam Leo wrote: > > On 7/19/05, Robert Locke <lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 14:09 -0300, Ted Gervais wrote: > > > > I am trying to get java working in fc4 and in particular version 1.5. > > > > I downloaded this file: > > > > > > > > jre-1_5_0_04-linux-i586-rpm.bin > > > > > > > > And thought I could 'run' that file to produce an RPM file. From > > > > there, I should have been able to install it. > > > > > > > > No luck. > > > > > > > > Where have I gone wrong? > > > > > > First, you haven't read the release notes for FC4 that explicitly said > > > not to use the RPM from Sun.... > > > > > > Second, take a look at www.fedoranews.org as there have been a couple > > > of articles over there about getting Java installed in FC4.... > > > > > > Good luck, > > > > > > --Rob > > > > There is nothing wrong with using Sun's Java software on Linux. You > > can go with either the JPackage route or use Sun's product(s). > > If you use Sun's RPM you may find that it gets uninstalled at a later > date because it gets replaced by a Fedora package - this is because Sun > specify the "provides" for their package differently to everyone else, > and this is what is alluded to in the FC4 release notes. That's why the > JPackage route is better than just installing Sun's RPM. > > Paul. > -- > Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> I have to do development utilizing, currently, two different versions of Java. In order to facilitate this, I do not do installs using the RPM. Instead, I download the JDK from Sun and install it (as root) in /usr/local. (This method will work with other JDK's) I then create a symbolic link which points to the version of Java I want to use: ln -s /usr/local/jdk1.5.0 /usr/local/java I then make a couple of entries in my .bash_profile file in my home directory: JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/java PATH="$JAVA_HOME/bin:"$PATH export JAVA_HOME PATH Note that the reference to JAVA_HOME has to come first in your PATH statement. Then, later, if I need to change versions of Java, I change the symbolic link in the /usr/local directory. The change is instantaneous, and allows you to experiment with different java versions. Later, Rich
