On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:08:23 -0800, Knute Johnson wrote: >>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... Sun's jre WAS installed, but java-XXX-sun-compat wanted jdk, as it can be seen from my post. Once I replaced jre with jdk the compat package installed.
