[fedora-java] Re: Replacing FC4 Free Java with SUN's Java

[Andrew Overholt]

* Robin Green <greenrd at presidium.org> [2005-07-26 15:59]:
> 
> As for non-free not being easy, there are now -compat packages so it's as
> easy as installing the Sun JDK RPM and then installing the -compat RPM
> from jpackage.org. No rpm building needed any more!

Sun's RPM is explicitly NOT recommended.  See the FC4 release notes and
many discussions on fedora-list.  Unfortunately, RPM building _is_
necessary now.  There have been many sets of instructions posted that show
how to do it very easily.

Andrew