Re: Simple way to update java on FC6?
On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 17:22 -0500, Bruce Labitt wrote: Um, duh. :-[ I didn't run the .bin file and agree to SUN's conditions... Onto the next issue. Now I have run yum and enabled the repository jpackage.repo. Next onto the install, everything goes ok, dependencies are resolved, and then Package jdk-1_5_0_14-linux-i586.rpm is not signed What do I need to do? I guess you need to disable the gpgchecking in the repo file. There's probably a command-line switch, but changing gpgcheck=0 should get you past that hurdle. Inside jpackage.repo is the gpgkey for jpackage. This appears to be Sun's package isn't signed? Bruce Labitt wrote: Lloyd Kvam wrote: On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 11:50 -0500, Bruce Labitt wrote: I'm trying to get eclipse to run on my box with FC6. I grabbed a copy of the program from eclipse.org. It wants a version of java 1.5 to run. It seems the repos only have 1.4.2 for FC6. Anybody know of a repo that may have it? http://www.jpackage.org/ is probably your best bet. In the past, I've tried updating java thru the sun site. I was not successful at all. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ OK. I downloaded the files jdk-1_5_0_14-linux-i586-rpm.bin and java-1.5.0-sun-compat-1.5.0.14-1jpp.i586.rpm . I am attempting to follow the outline given in: http://www.jpackage.org/installation.php If I am following the instructions correctly, I should then do: # yum localinstall java-1.5.0-sun-compat-1.5.0.14-1jpp.i586.rpm I get the following error message: ... Reading repository metadata in from local files Resolving Dependencies -- Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. --- Package java-1.5.0-sun-compat.i586 0:1.5.0.14-1jpp set to be updated -- Running transaction check -- Processing Dependency: jdk = 2000:1.5.0_14-fcs for package: java-1.5.0-sun-compat -- Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Missing Dependency: jdk = 2000:1.5.0_14-fcs is needed by package java-1.5.0-sun-compat How do I tell yum that the jdk-1_5_0_14-linux-i586-rpm.bin file is in the same directory??? Or do I have a different problem? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ -- Lloyd Kvam Venix Corp DLSLUG/GNHLUG library http://www.librarything.com/catalog/dlslug http://www.librarything.com/profile/dlslug http://www.librarything.com/rsshtml/recent/dlslug ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Simple way to update java on FC6?
On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 16:57 -0500, Bruce Labitt wrote: Lloyd Kvam wrote: On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 11:50 -0500, Bruce Labitt wrote: I'm trying to get eclipse to run on my box with FC6. I grabbed a copy of the program from eclipse.org. It wants a version of java 1.5 to run. It seems the repos only have 1.4.2 for FC6. Anybody know of a repo that may have it? http://www.jpackage.org/ is probably your best bet. In the past, I've tried updating java thru the sun site. I was not successful at all. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ OK. I downloaded the files jdk-1_5_0_14-linux-i586-rpm.bin and java-1.5.0-sun-compat-1.5.0.14-1jpp.i586.rpm . I am attempting to follow the outline given in: http://www.jpackage.org/installation.php If I am following the instructions correctly, I should then do: # yum localinstall java-1.5.0-sun-compat-1.5.0.14-1jpp.i586.rpm I get the following error message: ... Reading repository metadata in from local files Resolving Dependencies -- Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. --- Package java-1.5.0-sun-compat.i586 0:1.5.0.14-1jpp set to be updated -- Running transaction check -- Processing Dependency: jdk = 2000:1.5.0_14-fcs for package: java-1.5.0-sun-compat -- Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Missing Dependency: jdk = 2000:1.5.0_14-fcs is needed by package java-1.5.0-sun-compat How do I tell yum that the jdk-1_5_0_14-linux-i586-rpm.bin file is in the same directory??? Can you list both files on the command line? Or do I have a different problem? Make sure you have jpackage-utils installed. The yum-faq provides the setup info for some other repositories: yum-fedorafaq-6-2007.02.03 Here's my jpackage.repo from the fedorafaq rpm. [EMAIL PROTECTED] yum.repos.d]# cat jpackage.repo # JPackage is a GREAT repository for Java Software. # Nowadays most of JPackage should work with GCJ, # so there should be no problem with it being enabled # by default. # # Note: JPackage IS compatible with Fedora Extras. # You can use JPackage and Fedora Extras at the same time, without # any trouble. It's also compatible with the all the other repositories, # for the most part. [jpackage-generic] name=JPackage (free), generic mirrorlist=http://www.jpackage.org/jpackage_generic.txt failovermethod=priority gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/jpackage.asc enabled=0 [jpackage-fedora] name=JPackage (free) for Fedora Core $releasever mirrorlist=http://www.jpackage.org/jpackage_fedora-$releasever.txt failovermethod=priority gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/jpackage.asc enabled=0 [jpackage-nonfree] name=JPackage (non-free), generic mirrorlist=http://www.jpackage.org/jpackage_generic_nonfree.txt failovermethod=priority gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/jpackage.asc enabled=0 You'll need to set enabled=1 as appropriate. Hopefully that gets you working. I ultimately deleted the Java stuff. Apparently I did not have enough processing power and it was not helping me get work done. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ -- Lloyd Kvam Venix Corp DLSLUG/GNHLUG library http://www.librarything.com/catalog/dlslug http://www.librarything.com/profile/dlslug http://www.librarything.com/rsshtml/recent/dlslug ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Simple way to update java on FC6?
I'm trying to get eclipse to run on my box with FC6. I grabbed a copy of the program from eclipse.org. It wants a version of java 1.5 to run. It seems the repos only have 1.4.2 for FC6. Anybody know of a repo that may have it? In the past, I've tried updating java thru the sun site. I was not successful at all. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Simple way to update java on FC6?
On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 11:50 -0500, Bruce Labitt wrote: I'm trying to get eclipse to run on my box with FC6. I grabbed a copy of the program from eclipse.org. It wants a version of java 1.5 to run. It seems the repos only have 1.4.2 for FC6. Anybody know of a repo that may have it? http://www.jpackage.org/ is probably your best bet. In the past, I've tried updating java thru the sun site. I was not successful at all. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ -- Lloyd Kvam Venix Corp. 1 Court Street, Suite 378 Lebanon, NH 03766-1358 voice: 603-653-8139 fax:320-210-3409 ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Simple way to update java on FC6?
I install the jre binary from sun on my FC boxes: http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp Install to /usr/local/jre-blah and set PATH or link to the binaries. On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 11:50 -0500, Bruce Labitt wrote: I'm trying to get eclipse to run on my box with FC6. I grabbed a copy of the program from eclipse.org. It wants a version of java 1.5 to run. It seems the repos only have 1.4.2 for FC6. Anybody know of a repo that may have it? In the past, I've tried updating java thru the sun site. I was not successful at all. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Simple way to update java on FC6?
Bruce Labitt wrote: I'm trying to get eclipse to run on my box with FC6. I grabbed a copy of the program from eclipse.org. It wants a version of java 1.5 to run. It seems the repos only have 1.4.2 for FC6. Anybody know of a repo that may have it? In the past, I've tried updating java thru the sun site. I was not successful at all. I had a terrible time with it back in the FC6 days, until I realized for legal reasons Fedora ships GCJ rather than the Sun binary. Changes are afoot in the licensing, but the most recent word on the situation seems to be at: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JavaFAQ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Simple way to update java on FC6?
Lloyd Kvam wrote: On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 11:50 -0500, Bruce Labitt wrote: I'm trying to get eclipse to run on my box with FC6. I grabbed a copy of the program from eclipse.org. It wants a version of java 1.5 to run. It seems the repos only have 1.4.2 for FC6. Anybody know of a repo that may have it? http://www.jpackage.org/ is probably your best bet. In the past, I've tried updating java thru the sun site. I was not successful at all. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ OK. I downloaded the files jdk-1_5_0_14-linux-i586-rpm.bin and java-1.5.0-sun-compat-1.5.0.14-1jpp.i586.rpm . I am attempting to follow the outline given in: http://www.jpackage.org/installation.php If I am following the instructions correctly, I should then do: # yum localinstall java-1.5.0-sun-compat-1.5.0.14-1jpp.i586.rpm I get the following error message: ... Reading repository metadata in from local files Resolving Dependencies -- Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. --- Package java-1.5.0-sun-compat.i586 0:1.5.0.14-1jpp set to be updated -- Running transaction check -- Processing Dependency: jdk = 2000:1.5.0_14-fcs for package: java-1.5.0-sun-compat -- Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Missing Dependency: jdk = 2000:1.5.0_14-fcs is needed by package java-1.5.0-sun-compat How do I tell yum that the jdk-1_5_0_14-linux-i586-rpm.bin file is in the same directory??? Or do I have a different problem? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Simple way to update java on FC6?
Ted Roche wrote: Bruce Labitt wrote: I'm trying to get eclipse to run on my box with FC6. I grabbed a copy of the program from eclipse.org. It wants a version of java 1.5 to run. It seems the repos only have 1.4.2 for FC6. Anybody know of a repo that may have it? In the past, I've tried updating java thru the sun site. I was not successful at all. I had a terrible time with it back in the FC6 days, until I realized for legal reasons Fedora ships GCJ rather than the Sun binary. Changes are afoot in the licensing, but the most recent word on the situation seems to be at: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JavaFAQ The JavaFAQ was not terribly encouraging... All I can say is it is ugly... ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Simple way to update java on FC6?
On Jan 27, 2008 5:22 PM, Bruce Labitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Package jdk-1_5_0_14-linux-i586.rpm is not signed If you can track down the GPG key for the repository source, you can add it to the trusted keys for your system with: rpm --import /path/to/key-file or even rpm --import http://url/to/key-file On my FC6 system, I seem to have an /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/jpackage.asc file, which is owned by package yum-fedorafaq-6-2007.02.03 (which I installed many moons ago to activate various third-party repositories. including jpackage). That may not be helpful to you. I just checked, and I can't seem to find the magic RPM that Fedora FAQ provided. I suspect it's been obsoleted with the rest of Fedora 6. I'm thinking my next home distro may be CentOS; I hate being on the upgrade treadmill. If you can't find a key file, you can try this: rpm --upgrade --nosignature dk-1_5_0_14-linux-i586.rpm That tells RPM to install the package but ignore signature check failures. Not always a good idea, but if you got the package file from a trustworthy source, you should be okay. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Simple way to update java on FC6?
Um, duh. :-[ I didn't run the .bin file and agree to SUN's conditions... Onto the next issue. Now I have run yum and enabled the repository jpackage.repo. Next onto the install, everything goes ok, dependencies are resolved, and then Package jdk-1_5_0_14-linux-i586.rpm is not signed What do I need to do? Inside jpackage.repo is the gpgkey for jpackage. This appears to be Sun's package isn't signed? Bruce Labitt wrote: Lloyd Kvam wrote: On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 11:50 -0500, Bruce Labitt wrote: I'm trying to get eclipse to run on my box with FC6. I grabbed a copy of the program from eclipse.org. It wants a version of java 1.5 to run. It seems the repos only have 1.4.2 for FC6. Anybody know of a repo that may have it? http://www.jpackage.org/ is probably your best bet. In the past, I've tried updating java thru the sun site. I was not successful at all. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ OK. I downloaded the files jdk-1_5_0_14-linux-i586-rpm.bin and java-1.5.0-sun-compat-1.5.0.14-1jpp.i586.rpm . I am attempting to follow the outline given in: http://www.jpackage.org/installation.php If I am following the instructions correctly, I should then do: # yum localinstall java-1.5.0-sun-compat-1.5.0.14-1jpp.i586.rpm I get the following error message: ... Reading repository metadata in from local files Resolving Dependencies -- Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. --- Package java-1.5.0-sun-compat.i586 0:1.5.0.14-1jpp set to be updated -- Running transaction check -- Processing Dependency: jdk = 2000:1.5.0_14-fcs for package: java-1.5.0-sun-compat -- Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Missing Dependency: jdk = 2000:1.5.0_14-fcs is needed by package java-1.5.0-sun-compat How do I tell yum that the jdk-1_5_0_14-linux-i586-rpm.bin file is in the same directory??? Or do I have a different problem? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Simple way to update java on FC6?
Ben Scott wrote: On Jan 27, 2008 5:22 PM, Bruce Labitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Package jdk-1_5_0_14-linux-i586.rpm is not signed If you can track down the GPG key for the repository source, you can add it to the trusted keys for your system with: rpm --import /path/to/key-file or even rpm --import http://url/to/key-file On my FC6 system, I seem to have an /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/jpackage.asc file, which is owned by package yum-fedorafaq-6-2007.02.03 (which I installed many moons ago to activate various third-party repositories. including jpackage). That may not be helpful to you. I just checked, and I can't seem to find the magic RPM that Fedora FAQ provided. I suspect it's been obsoleted with the rest of Fedora 6. I'm thinking my next home distro may be CentOS; I hate being on the upgrade treadmill. If you can't find a key file, you can try this: rpm --upgrade --nosignature dk-1_5_0_14-linux-i586.rpm That tells RPM to install the package but ignore signature check failures. Not always a good idea, but if you got the package file from a trustworthy source, you should be okay. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ Thanks all, especially Lloyd and Ben. Finally got eclipse running. Now I've got to repeat this at work... Should be much easier this time... ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
