>On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 20:02 -0800, Knute Johnson wrote: >> >Knute Johnson wrote: >> >> To install and run Sun Java on F8 look at the simplified instructions >> >> on this site; >> >> >> >> http://rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com/sun-java-on-F8.html >> >> >> >> You don't need to remove anything before installing Sun Java. JEdit >> >> should work with icedtea anyway. >> >> >> >> >> > Some of the things the page says are wrong. But it will be easy now >> >with sim links to use the right java and jedit will work. By the way, I >> >tried it with icedtea and it did not work at ALL! >> >> What is wrong with the document? >---- >specifically, nothing, generally, you are really only plucking the low >hanging fruit of a i386 install with emphasis on getting functional use >of the sun java plugin running in Firefox. > >If someone has ambitions beyond that, your instructions are of little >value. We have already covered this ground. > >Craig We haven't covered any ground before Craig. The document is not a step by step tutorial for the totally uninformed. It is a minimal set of instructions to get Sun's Java installed on both i386 and x86_64 and to get them to work. I don't know what Karl's command line problem is but it does work just fine for me. Part of his problem was that he removed icedtea and didn't have a clue about the alternatives program. -- Knute Johnson Molon Labe...
