How install Java JRE on FC3?

[Hardy Merrill]

--- Jim Higson <jh at 333.org> wrote:

> On Friday 03 Dec 2004 12:24, Hardy Merrill wrote:
> > My goal last night was to get JEdit installed and
> > working.
> >
> > This required Java, so I tried a few different
> ways to
> > install Java.  First I downloaded Sun's JRE SE
> 1.4.2.
> > The install seemed to go fine, but in the end I
> would
> > get an error when trying to run JEdit - sorry, I
> don't
> > have the text of the error to copy/paste in.
> >
> > Then I went to fedorafaq.org and found
> instructions
> > for installing Java via yum, so I did
> >
> >    yum install j2re
> >
> > which installed j2re from "dag" since I have a dag
> > repo defined.  But still when I try to run jedit I
> get
> > an error.
> 
> Which is...?

Sorry, like I said I'm not on that FC3 machine now so
I don't have the error messages handy - I should have
waited 'till tonight to post :-/

At this point I don't know if it's a problem with Java
or a problem with JEdit, but I was at least hoping to
get a response or two from people who successfully
installed *a* JRE and used a Java application, with a
pointer to some instructions.

I want to know if the "dag" repo JRE works fine for
others.

Thanks.

Hardy



		
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