On Thu, 2005-02-17 at 23:01 -0500, Johnathan Bailes wrote: > On Thu, 2005-02-17 at 20:31 -0700, Mike Hoy wrote: > > > 1. download jre-1_5_0_01-linux-i586-rpm.bin from Sun (go to > > > http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp and select the "Linux RPM > > > (self-extracting file)") > > > 2. run it to extract jre-1_5_0_01-linux-i586.rpm > > > 3. rpm -ivh jre-1_5_0_01-linux-i586.rpm > > > 4. cd /usr/lib/firefox-1.0/plugins > > > 5. ln -s /usr/java/jre1.5.0_01/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so . > > > 6. restart Firefox > > > > ok i'll try this again, it could be that i chose the wrong file, they > > have 2 .bin files i must have chose the *Linux (self-extracting file)* > > (filesize: 15.8 MB) > > > > instead of the *Linux RPM (self-extracting file)* > > (filesize: 15.4 MB) > > > > well get back in a few. > > > > thx > > mike > > > > You typically want the Linux RPM or you could do this: > > Add this to your yum.conf: > [dag] > name=Dag APT Repository > baseurl=http://dag.freshrpms.net/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/dag/ > http://dag.atrpms.net/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/dag/ > > http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/freshrpms/pub/dag/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/dag/ > enabled=0 > gpgcheck=1 > > Then run two commands: > > rpm --import http://dag.wieers.com/packages/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt > > yum --enablerepo=dag install j2re mozilla-j2re > > No more searching the web and worrying over it. > > You can also grab Acrobat for the pdf plugin with: > > yum --enablerepo=dag install mozilla-acroread > > His package of the xine version of totem is great too: > > yum --enablerepo=dag install totem-xine > > Notice you are adding a repo but you keep it disabled. > > dag keeps like a ton of stuff in his repository so you can look on his > anytime you are missing something you want and use enablerepo switch to > install it. > > Why not just enable it? > > Its a personal choice but I like to keep the number of enabled repos to > a minimum. ----- and if there was a repo that you want to have - it would be dag in my opinion. also just a word for something that I've seen that has worked very well...Smart http://smartpm.org yum --enablerepo=dag install smart smart-gui smart-update installing anything is easy and cross repo conflicts are supposedly dealt with intelligently (no complaints here) Craig
