On Thursday 02 Jan 2003 8:50 pm, erylon hines wrote:
> On Thursday 02 January 2003 05:26 am, you wrote:
> > Erylon - the rpm that Tom recommended has screwed up my system as regards
> > java.  I think the links and path are wrong.  Can you please list the
> > files that I may need to check/edit?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Anne
>
> I've never used that rpm, so I defer to Tom on that.  I can speculate that
> the rpm didn't remake the java link to the moz plugin directory, though (I
> am assuming you only use java for your web browsers. Other than for that,
> most people don't even need java).  If you know where the rpm made the java
> directory, you can manually re-make the link correctly.  As an aside, I've
> found that #ln -s /usr/javaplugindirectory/i386/mozilla/javaplugin_oji.so
> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins     when done globally, can cause the plugin
> directory to be hosed when mozilla is upgraded, forcing a delete and
> re-install of moz.  This is a minor irritation, and its probably a good
> idea to delete the old mozilla first anyway--just my experience ymmv.
>
> If you don't actually need a jvm on your machine for running a 3rd party
> program, Kaffee is o.k. to keep.   Do a   #java -version  and
> see if you still get a return for Kaffee.  If you get a return for Sun's
> java, the rpm did re-make the $PATH.  If not, it didn't, so that's not the
> problem.  If you get a "no java found" type error, then there is no java in
> your path and you'll have to find where it is and add it.
>
> A #which java    normally points to /usr/bin/java.  This may or may not be
> correct for you, depending on the behavior of the rpm (I again defer to
> Tom). I've removed Kaffee and with it the /usr/bin/java, so the path to the
> new /java_directory/bin/java may need to be added.
>
> I know this isn't much help, but the problem must be identified before it
> can be corrected.  I repeat, I haven't used that rpm (I'm a tarball kinda
> guy), so I do not know its behavior.
>
> e.

Thanks - it gives me a few more pointers to explore.

Anne

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