On Wednesday 02 January 2008 05:46:06 pm Karl Larsen wrote: > I am going nuts with F8. I want to get jedit to work and the java is > bad. I installed the latest version 6 but removed it to learn I am > trying to use this java: > > java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0-17.fc8 > > I didn't load this special. It comes with F8. It has 30 dependencies > > :-) I find when I try to delete it. By the way I HAVE deleted the > > icedtea rpm's that F8 loads. It appears that F8 has some java built in > but it is too old to support jedit, or not big enough, or both. > > A friend who has jedit working has these java files: > > glib-java-0.2.6-3.fc6 > libvte-java-0.12.1-6.el5 > libglade-java-2.12.5-3.fc6 > cairo-java-1.0.5-3.fc6 > libgtk-java-2.8.7-3.el5 > revamp_java-0.0-3.rhis > libgconf-java-2.12.4-6.el5 > java-1.5.0-sun-plugin-1.5.0.13-1jpp.1.el5 > libgnome-java-2.12.4-3.fc6 > java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-1.4.2.0-40jpp.112 > java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.13-1jpp.1.el5 > > > Does anyone know how I can get this list on my F8? Well he has the propietory sun java on RHEL 5. ive found icedtea to be fine for my needs I suggest you read about the alternatives system the java you have is gcj. which is fine for many things but feature lacking for some. icedtea is a version of Java 1.7 use it make sure you have alternatives using the right java alternatives --display java will show you what is available. Dennis
