Installing Java

[Robert L Cochran]

Paul Nasrat wrote:

>On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 13:51 -0500, Robert L Cochran wrote:
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>>For Fedora Core 3, do I need to install a Java distribution, or is there 
>>a Java that already works? A quick check shows I have a jar utility 
>>installed but not, apparently, a java engine. The Release Notes say 
>>nothing about Java.
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>yum install java-1.4.2-gcj-compat java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-devel
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>For gcj, else go to jpackage.org and follow the instructions on
>http://jpackage.org/rebuilding.php
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>Build and install java-1.4.2-VENDOR you'll want to install the -devel
>package, plus -fonts and -plugin for applets.
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>Then add the jpackage repos to yum and you should be all set.
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>We hope to have a 1.6 release very shortly (final touches)
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>Paul
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How do I add 'jpackage repos' to yum?

Thanks for the help!

Bob