On Sat, 2007-10-13 at 21:11 +0530, Rogue wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi Michael, > > > Yes I see them and it appears Java was already there before my yum/rpm > > failures: > > > > mkb@veri:~$ java --version > > java version "1.5.0" > > gij (GNU libgcj) version 4.1.2 20070925 (Red Hat 4.1.2-27) > > > > Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > > This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is > > NO > > warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR > > PURPOSE. > > > > > > mkb@veri:~$ which -a java > > /usr/bin/java > > > > mkb@veri:~$ ls -lt /usr/bin/java > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2007-07-19 17:06 /usr/bin/java > > -> /etc/alternatives/java* > > > > > > If you have no qualms installing the Sun's jre, then after you have > installed the (bin+rpm) JRE, then look for the following directory: > > /usr/java/ > > Under this you should find the JRE that you just installed (atleast this > is where it installs the files in the 32 bit versions). > > The next things that you want to do is, add the JRE to the path. I > usually add the following lines to my /etc/profile file (just before the > unset calls) > > # Adding extra paths. > pathmunge /usr/java/latest/bin > > > Then, you will need to symlink the JRE plugin to the mozilla plugins > directory. > > (as root) > cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins > ln -s /usr/java/latest/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so . > > /Check for the file location in your JRE. I usually install the JDK so > the above locations work for me/ > > Now just restart your browser and visit a site that is Java enabled :) > > HTH, > > later, > Rogue For some reason my /usr/java looks very different: mkb@veri:/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins$ file /usr/java/* /usr/java/default: symbolic link to `/usr/java/latest' /usr/java/jre1.6.0_03: directory /usr/java/latest: symbolic link to `/usr/java/jre1.6.0_03' mkb@veri:/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins$ ls /usr/java/jre1.6.0_03/ bin/ COPYRIGHT lib/ LICENSE man/ README THIRDPARTYLICENSEREADME.txt Welcome.html mkb@veri:/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins$ ls /usr/java/jre1.6.0_03/bin java* keytool* orbd* pack200* policytool* rmid* rmiregistry* servertool* tnameserv* unpack200* ie no JRE!
