Java problem

[Knute Johnson]

>Craig White wrote:
>> On Sun, 2007-12-30 at 10:21 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
>>   
>>> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>>     
>>>>>>     The web page doesn't cover the problem if you got
>>>>>> jre-6u3-linux-i586-rpm.bin which is a bash file. What do you do with
>>>>>> this     
>>>>>>           
>>> You mean you could find....
>>>
>>> http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/install/index.html
>>>
>>>     
>> ----
>> He was following Knute Johnsons' installation notes...
>>
>> http://www.knutejohnson.com/sun-java-on-F8.html
>>
>> which leaves that out
>>
>>   
>Hummm....  Step 1 of that link simply says....
>
>Download the Sun Java Linux RPM from java.sun.com and install it.
>
>Just seems sensible that if you don't know what "install it" means and
>can't figure it out for yourself that you'd look for help from the place
>you downloaded.  But, that's just me....  :-)

I figure most Java users on F8 have installed it on another version 
or OS before.  The web page was to point out the tricky bits like the 
compat-libstdc++-33 and the now fixed XINERAMA bug.

-- 
Knute Johnson
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