sun java vs Fedora
Brian Gaynor
briang at pmccorp.com
Thu Jun 15 21:26:12 UTC 2006
> Probably does not get more discussion since most people have it working
> just fine.
>
> I installed the Sun Java packages using info from here:
>
> http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_4_installation_notes.html#Java
>
> This has worked just fine on all my systems.
>
> There are similar instructions for using the jpackage method but I have
> not used that. Some may find that preferable, but I find getting the
> package directly from Sun works just fine. The link above details how
> to setup and use the alternatives method that was introduced a while
> ago.
>
> Note that I have been using the 1.5.0_06 version of Java. Not sure if
> the newer version has issues or not. You might want to try a 1.5
> version just in case.
>
I'm using jpackage and it works just fine. Last I checked the latest
jpackage was still at 1.5.0_06 (no 1.5.0_07). I did have to manually
copy the browser plugin into the firefox folder.
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Brian Gaynor
www.pmccorp.com
FC4/Linux on DELL Inspiron 5160 3.0Ghz
canis 14:24:38 up 5:46, 1 user,
load average: 0.14, 0.28, 0.25
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