On Sunday 19 Dec 2004 20:34, Jim Higson wrote: > On Sunday 19 Dec 2004 18:53, Jeff Kinz wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 07:51:16PM +0100, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > > > The way to go with Java from FC3 on is to use http://www.jpackage.org. > > > > Hi Alexander, > > > > Just out of curiosity, what is that Java package the best way to go > > for FC3. rather than say Sun's ? > > I find they fit in with Linux a lot better, especially if you might ever > want to have more than one JDK installed, such as for testing purposes. > > With the jpackage rpms you can also install all the good programs they > offer with just a call to apt - very nice. Btw, I tend to keep canned Java 1.5 jpackage rpms online here for personal use (in case I'm at a friend's and they ask me to help put Java on their Linux computer) http://users.aber.ac.uk/jqh1/java_rpms/ -- Jim
