>>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. > >I'll play with it and see if I can see what's up. Amadeus: Turns out that you are correct, the java-1.6.0-sun package is the one to use with the JRE. The problem is that you have to build the package from the source RPM. I tried that and was not successful. Maybe somebody that knows what they are doing can try it and provide detailed instructions. So for now, the simple installation is for the JDK.