How install Java JRE on FC3?

[Hardy Merrill]

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

> On Friday 03 Dec 2004 12:33, Hardy Merrill wrote:
> > --- 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 use JEdit under JDK 5.0 with no problems,
> installed from jpackage rpms.
> It might be that your classpath isn't properly set,
> but without knowledge of 
> the error it's impossible to say.
> 
> Check echo $JAVA_HOME gives what you'd expect.

Jim, I'm getting things confused now - did you get jdk
5.0 from jpackage also, or just JEdit?  Where did you
get JDK 5.0 from?

After installing JRE and JEdit, I didn't do anything
extra to set classpath or $JAVA_HOME - was I supposed
to?

Thanks.

Hardy



		
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