On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 13:25 -0400, Robert Locke wrote: > On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 14:09 -0300, Ted Gervais wrote: > > I am trying to get java working in fc4 and in particular version 1.5. > > I downloaded this file: > > > > jre-1_5_0_04-linux-i586-rpm.bin > > > > And thought I could 'run' that file to produce an RPM file. From there, > > I should have been able to install it. > > > > No luck. > > > > Where have I gone wrong? > > > > First, you haven't read the release notes for FC4 that explicitly said > not to use the RPM from Sun.... > > Second, take a look at www.fedoranews.org as there have been a couple of > articles over there about getting Java installed in FC4.... For instance: http://fedoranews.org/mediawiki/index.php/JPackage_Java_for_FC4 This method results in getting Fedora-compatible RPMs installed, but starts from the non-RPM package on the Sun site, so you'd need to download another big file. Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
