Rick Funderburg wrote:
On May 12, 2006, at 20:18 , <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Now, I'm a little confused here. This recommends *not* using the
Sun Java RPM,
but then it recommends using Sun Java 1.5+ for stability. What
gives? Am I
missing something obvious?
Yes. Java from Sun is available as either a rpm or a binary
tarball. Apparently the rpm conflicts with normal Fedora packages,
whereas the tarball doesn't touch the package system. You can
install Sun Java 1.5 from the tarball without any problems. Also,
the jpackage.org line makes me think that the site probably hosts an
un-official rpm without the incompatibilities.
I may have to consider the tarball option. Thanks for spelling it out
for me.
Note that the conflict is not with the software itself, only with the
package. The package contains a list of things that the package
provides (which is why Provides had a capital P; it is the name of
that list). This is what is in conflict. I don't know enough about
Fedora to speculate about the specifics of the conflict (I haven't
used an rpm-based distro since Mandrake 10 came out).
If the jpackage.org rpm of Java 1.5 is Fedora-compliant, it would be
the best bet. That way, you probably would not have to manually set
things like paths or set up browser plugins.
I went to the site to check on the jpackage rpm. It is listed as
"non-free".
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