On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 09:08 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > I'd like to do this, so its a valid part of the rpm database, can I get > the .spec file somewhere? Or, maybe even better, get it in the right > format from the OpenJava site, but the propaganda all reads like its > source only & doesn't seem to say if it will build with the current gcc. Gene, I got the java package straight from java and put the tar file in /opt (that way it isn't not lost among everything else.) and unpacked it there. Then I put links to java in /usr/bin and /usr/lib and all the mozilla / firefox / and dot mozilla usual places. Piece O cake, even for me. Finley's notes work well if you just follow each step without zooming past anything. Ric