Can Java just shoot me?

[Karl Larsen]

David Boles wrote:
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> Tom Horsley wrote:
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>> So, I have to access a web page that only works if I have
>> Sun's java plugin (yes, I've tried icedtea).
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>> I've looked at all the instructions
>> I could find for getting java on Fedora, and they all
>> start with some simple little tossed off phrase like
>> "Get the rpm from java.sun.com".
>>
>> Has anyone ever visited java.sun.com? Its a freaking
>> nightmare! I thought Microsoft's jargon was dense, but
>> Sun seems to be suffering from jargon envy and trying
>> as best they can to catch up.
>>
>> The only two acronyms I've heard that maybe I need are
>> either JRE or JDK. But on Sun's download site, I'm offered
>> a maze of Java EE, Java ME, Java SE, with a equally
>> uninformative gibberish under each of those categories.
>> No jre or jdk to be found anywhere in the top couple of
>> layers of the web site.
>>
>> Are there any Java instructions out there which actually
>> provide a map for navigating Sun's web site to find "the"
>> rpm to download? (A walk-through for the install Java
>> game :-).
>>
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> Duh? This took about 10 seconds.
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> Start here. Follow the prompts. Either one goes to the same page.
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> http://tinyurl.com/29ktre
> https://sdlc4e.sun.com/ECom/EComActionServlet;jsessionid=60B8217CD6937C7D378EAE0D0B30D57A
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>   David
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    There are a few gotcha's that are always there and I have no idea 
why. As was said go to the Sun web page and hit the big button and if 
you want to you can get a ...rpm.bin package. I always do that and then 
get confused.

    Since it is a .bin file you run it with sh and say yes you 
understand the thing is copyrighted and then the bash file loads the 
entire java on your computer. It ALSO makes a REAL rpm file which is 
useful sort of :-)

    I used rpm -i --test and it told me that java is already installed. 
I will use the rpm that was made on the other two systems.



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	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
	Linux User
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