Java rpm's for FC$

[akonstam at trinity.edu]

On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 08:29:08PM +0100, DAVID BENTLEY wrote:
> Having just installed FC4 I have heeded the warning
> about not using the sun java rpm and followed the
> instructions and created my own package(s) using the
> file from the java-1.5.0-sun link under the non-free 
> section at www.jpackage.org. 
> 
> Following the instructions given for building your own
> files this resuls in 8 rpm files as follows :-
> 
> java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.03-1jpp.i586.rpm              *
> java-1.5.0-sun-alsa-1.5.0.03-1jpp.i586.rpm
> java-1.5.0-sun-demo-1.5.0.03-1jpp.i586.rpm
> java-1.5.0-sun-devel-1.5.0.03-1jpp.i586.rpm
> java-1.5.0-sun-fonts-1.5.0.03-1jpp.i586.rpm        *
> java-1.5.0-sun-jdbc-1.5.0.03-1jpp.i586.rpm
> java-1.5.0-sun-plugin-1.5.0.03-1jpp.i586.rpm       *
> java-1.5.0-sun-src-1.5.0.03-1jpp.i586.rpm
> 
> I have installed the ones marked *
> 
> Would it be benificial to install any of the others.
Why did you not install the .bin file in /opt as they suggested.
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