On 09/08/10 00:26, James McKenzie wrote: >> >> You cannot update jre, it is always a full clean out (optional) and >> reinstall. >> Even on Windows >> >> > Not really. Sun's JRE will install over the top of an existing JRE > install. However, if it breaks, you get to keep the results. I also > have a lot of fun installing the JDK on Sun systems and RHEL/RHAS > systems. Windows is another animal where the installer wants to make > sure it has a clean platform (this means removing msjava as well) to > install on so it rips everything out and then installs again. > > James McKenzie > That is why there are left various prior Sun Jre's, that you can safely remove after a fresh update. Have done it many times, the old stuff it still there. -- Regards, Frank Murphy UTF_8 Encoded Friend of Fedora -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
