Thanks Jim! I'll try it again tonight. Hardy --- Jim Higson <jh@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Friday 03 Dec 2004 13:06, you wrote: > > --- Jim Higson <jh@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Friday 03 Dec 2004 12:33, Hardy Merrill > wrote: > > > > --- Jim Higson <jh@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > On Friday 03 Dec 2004 12:24, Hardy Merrill > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > My goal last night was to get JEdit > installed > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > > working. > > > > > > > > > > > > This required Java, so I tried a few > different > > > > > > > > > > ways to > > > > > > > > > > > install Java. First I downloaded Sun's > JRE SE > > > > > > > > > > 1.4.2. > > > > > > > > > > > The install seemed to go fine, but in the > end > > > > > > I > > > > > > > > would > > > > > > > > > > > get an error when trying to run JEdit - > sorry, > > > > > > I > > > > > > > > don't > > > > > > > > > > > have the text of the error to copy/paste > in. > > > > > > > > > > > > Then I went to fedorafaq.org and found > > > > > > > > > > instructions > > > > > > > > > > > for installing Java via yum, so I did > > > > > > > > > > > > yum install j2re > > > > > > > > > > > > which installed j2re from "dag" since I > have a > > > > > > dag > > > > > > > > > repo defined. But still when I try to run > > > > > > jedit I > > > > > > > > get > > > > > > > > > > > an error. > > > > > > > > > > Which is...? > > > > > > > > Sorry, like I said I'm not on that FC3 machine > now > > > > > > so > > > > > > > I don't have the error messages handy - I > should > > > > > > have > > > > > > > waited 'till tonight to post :-/ > > > > > > > > At this point I don't know if it's a problem > with > > > > > > Java > > > > > > > or a problem with JEdit, but I was at least > hoping > > > > > > to > > > > > > > get a response or two from people who > successfully > > > > installed *a* JRE and used a Java application, > > > > > > with a > > > > > > > pointer to some instructions. > > > > > > I use JEdit under JDK 5.0 with no problems, > > > installed from jpackage rpms. > > > It might be that your classpath isn't properly > set, > > > but without knowledge of > > > the error it's impossible to say. > > > > > > Check echo $JAVA_HOME gives what you'd expect. > > > > Jim, I'm getting things confused now - did you get > jdk > > 5.0 from jpackage also, or just JEdit? Where did > you > > get JDK 5.0 from? > > I got both from there, however they only provide > nosrc.rpm files for the JDK > because of Sun's restrictive redistribution laws. > > > After installing JRE and JEdit, I didn't do > anything > > extra to set classpath or $JAVA_HOME - was I > supposed > > to? > > JAVA_HOME should be set to the root of the JDK/JRE. > With Sun's rpms you do > this yourself, the jpackage ones manage it for you. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Send a seasonal email greeting and help others. Do good. http://celebrity.mail.yahoo.com
