On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 09:56 -0800, Knute Johnson wrote: > >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. ---- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2007-December/msg03991.html ---- > 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. ---- to work yes, but primarily as a web browser plugin, which really only works for i386 anyway. The issue though is that other steps are necessary for using jre (or more likely, jdk) with other applications. ---- > 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. ---- indeed...we can only point out parts of Karl's problems and those are clearly some of them. Craig
