On Monday 04 December 2006 09:14, Matthew Saltzman wrote: >On Mon, 4 Dec 2006, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Monday 04 December 2006 07:51, Matthew Saltzman wrote: >>>> Now what the heck do I do? >>> >>> Usually, you delete /var/lib/rpm/__db.* and then rpm --rebuilddb. >> >> Just did that, and now the rebuild is actually running, eating >> considerable amounts of cpu. Now its done, and there are NO __db.00x >> files. But yumex seems to be running ok. >> >> Back to the original quest, to get jdk1_5_10 installed, I now have the >> non-rpm'd version unpacked in /usr/src, but I'm not seeing any >> installation instructions so I need assistance with this. >> >> I believe it was my trying to install their rpm package, which was >> packed with rpm-4.0.4, and which caused rpm-4.4.3 to segfault & exit, >> is what hosed my database in the first place. Is this a known gotcha >> with rpm-4.4.3? > >Not sure. > >>>>> So now I'm back to get the other package to see what falls out of >>>>> the regular linux.bin file. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Ok, that unpacked, now where can I find a .spec file so that I can >>>>> pack it with the newer rpm & then install it? Or is that not the >>>>> correct procedure now? >> >> 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. > >As I (sort of) pointed out in another post, the best bet is the NOSRC > rpms for Sun Java from jpackage.org. You grab the .nosrc.rpm from > jpackage and the .bin installer from Sun and follow the instructions on > the jpackage site. Which seems to have been pretty well hidden, so far all I've found are the src rpms. The .bin installer I have, unpacked even. But yum can't find the -fc .xml's for fc6 because nothing newer than fc4 is available. So I disabled that repo in order for yumex to proceed. The only likely looking candidate is in non-free, and is labeled: java-1.5.0-sun-compat-1.5.0.09.jpp-noarch which claims to be the jpackage compatibilty for suns jdk of the same version number. Unforch, its 1.5.0.10 I have the .bin for. I'm going to grab it with yum and see what it might be. But that's not going to fly: Missing Dependency: jdk = 2000:1.5.0_09-fcs is needed by package java-1.5.0-sun-compat And I don't believe this package is available as the fc5 & fc6 listings aren't even there when I look at the mirrors. What are we going to have to do, wait 2 years before OpenJava gets mature enough to use? -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
