[fedora-java] FC2, /usr/bin/rmic when no java rpm -- why?

Joel rees at ddcom.co.jp
Fri Feb 25 03:24:51 UTC 2005


Thanks, Ziga. Now I think I know where to dig in.

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 18:52:06 +0100
Ziga Mahkovec <ziga.mahkovec at klika.si> wrote

> On Thu, 2005-02-24 at 14:49 +0900, Joel wrote:
> > FC2, no java rpm installed, and I don't recall installing all the
> > compilers when I installed FC2 on a wiped disk.
> > 
> > But I do have rmic and jar (and rmic34/jar34) in /usr/bin. These are not
> > symbolic links, and there is no reference to them in the setup files for
> > alternatives. 
> > [...]
> 
> I suppose they belong to libgcj.  You can check with:
> 
> $ rpm -qf /usr/bin/rmic
> 
> and remove the package that is listed.  If nothing is listed, the files
> were likely created during %post -- check with:
> 
> $ rpm -qa --scripts | grep /usr/bin/rmic
> 
> > (They really do get in the way.)
> 
> Since you're about to install Sun's JDK, I would suggest using the
> jpackage.org repository.  You can find some instructions here:
> 
> http://mpeters.us/linux/j2sdk.php
> 
> The alternatives system may then be used to point these files to the
> correct binaries.
> 
> -- 
> Ziga


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