Still no java

[Brian in Maine]

Jeanette Russo wrote:
> I folowed this to the letter buy still no working Java
> as verified on the test page at Sun Java
>
> This is from the Unoffical Fedora FAQ
>
> As suggested to me by someone on the list.  The
> directions are quite clear and I followed them exactly
> and nothing failed to build.
>
> Does anyone have a working Java plugin and how did you
> do it?
>
> Thanks Jeanette
>
> You should have the Java Software Development Kit on
> your desktop. It is a file whose name looks like: 
>
> jdk-1_5_0_07-linux-i586.bin
> Open a Terminal.
> Become root: 
>
> su -
> Make sure the "rpm-build" package is installed: 
>
> yum install rpm-build
> Change back to your home directory (instead of root's
> home directory): 
>
> cd ~username
>
> Where "username" is your normal username.
> Move the JDK to the RPM Building "sources" directory: 
>
> mv Desktop/jdk-* /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/
> Download the JPackage Java 1.5.0.07 Source RPM. Click
> on the link that looks something like
> "java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.07-1jpp.nosrc.rpm." Then, on the
> next page, pick where you want to download the file
> from. This should download the package to your
> desktop.
> Go back to the same root terminal you were in before.
> Build the Java RPM (using the file that you just
> downloaded): 
>
> rpmbuild --rebuild Desktop/java-1.5.0-sun*src.rpm
> This will create a bunch of RPMs in
> /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i586/. You can install them by
> doing: 
>
> yum -y localinstall
> /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i586/java-1.5.0-sun-*
> Now you want to enable the Java plugin for your web
> browser: 
>
> ln -s
> /usr/lib/jvm/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
>
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I used the Stanton-Finley method to get my Java running and it was 
fairly simple.
Stanton-Finley 
<http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html#Java>