Ross Werner wrote:
On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Russel Caldwell wrote:
I'm trying to intall Sun JDK on a machine that has Fedora Core 4 on it
but I'm getting a message that it can't run in graphical mode and it
suggests running the installer in -console or -silent mode.
I would suggest building RPMs for the JDK using JPackage. RPMs are much
easier to install/uninstall/use to resolve dependencies than tarballs or
Sun's .bin installer.
I agree, though I'll add that knowing multiple ways to work around ugly
graphical installers in Linux is a useful skill. Here's what I do, as root:
export XAUTHORITY=/home/shane/.Xauthority
export DISPLAY=:0
... then I can run the graphical installer as root. Yes, it's both
insecure and ideologically impure. I need no reminder of that. ;-)
Another strategy is to try to install as a normal user into your home
directory. This works with Skype.
Shane
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