>On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:25:15 -0800, Knute Johnson wrote: > >> I went back to F8 i386 yesterday because I need to be able to use Sun's >> Java plugin with Firefox. In the process I found out a couple of >> interesting things. >> >> 1) The XINERAMA bug is indeed fixed with version 1.0-4 of libxcb >> >> 2) You can configure the Sun Java plugin to work with alternatives just >> like java and javac >> >> I've updated my instruction page to reflect this. I also moved this >> file although the old address will still work. >> >> http://rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com/sun-java-on-F8.html >> >> Thanks, >> >> -- >> Knute Johnson >> Molon Labe... > > >I'm getting some errors trying to install java sun-compat: > >[root@phoenix ~]# rpm -q jre >jre-1.6.0_03-fcs > >[root@phoenix ~]# rpm -qa | grep -i jpackage >jpackage-utils-1.7.3-1jpp.3.fc8 > >[root@phoenix ~]# rpm -Uvh java-1.6.0-sun-compat-1.6.0.03-1jpp.i586.rpm >warning: java-1.6.0-sun-compat-1.6.0.03-1jpp.i586.rpm: Header V3 DSA >signature: NOKEY, key ID c431416d >error: Failed dependencies: > jdk = 2000:1.6.0_03-fcs is needed by java-1.6.0-sun >compat-1.6.0.03-1jpp.i586 The JRE or JDK needs to be installed before the sun-compat RPM. -- Knute Johnson Molon Labe...
