On Mon, 17 Oct 2005, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > Am Mo, den 17.10.2005 schrieb Michael Hennebry um 22:20: > > > > Follow the excellent howto > > > > > > http://fedoranews.org/mediawiki/index.php/JPackage_Java_for_FC4 > > > > > > to install Java. Though written for FC4 it should work too on your FC3. > > > It too explains how to use alternatives to switch between different Java > > > machines installed in parallel. > > > > It looks interesting, but it doesn't really tell me > > which set of alternatives I need to make ant run. > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&w=2&r=1&s=FC3+java+placeholder&q=b > > alternatives is documented, it is explained in the howto and has a man > page. /home/hennebry> /usr/sbin/alternatives --display java java - status is manual. link currently points to /usr/share/java/libgcj-java-placeholder.sh /usr/share/java/libgcj-java-placeholder.sh - priority 100 slave rmiregistry: /usr/bin/grmiregistry slave rmiregistry.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/grmiregistry.1.gz Current `best' version is /usr/share/java/libgcj-java-placeholder.sh. Installing a package with a mechanism designed to install it should not result in a nonworking system.. So far as I can tell, jpackage does not document how to fix the things it breaks except to say to use alternatives. -- Mike hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "I AM DEATH, NOT TAXES. *I* ONLY TURN UP ONCE." -- Death
