Olaf Mueller wrote: Hello, ok, seems to me that nobody really uses gcj for learning java or for develop java applications under fc4. Now I have removed gcj from fc4 and simply installed Suns jdk as rpm. That works great so far. regards Olaf > what is the best way to use libgcj-4.0.0-8 and > jdk-1_5_0_04-linux-i586 from Sun on the same fc4 system? > Is it to leave the already installed gcj on fc4 untouched and simply > installing Suns rpm too, which then will be installed > under /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_04? Or is there a better way on using gcj > and Suns jdk side by side on fc4? > > I have to learn the java language for my study and I will do this > with gcj, but I also have to use Java Swing and therefor I thing I > have to use Suns jdk1.5.0_04. So before making a mistake and breaking > dependences on my fc4 system, I hope someone will explain me how to > manage this in proper style. > > Another question is should I use a /etc/yum.repos.d/jpackage.repo > file with mirrorlist=http://www.jpackage.org/jpackage_fedora-4.txt in > it to update my java packages under fc4 or is this update process > done by the already installed /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora*.repo files? > > > thanks > Olaf >