Java 1.50 not installed in FC4? Use Sun's version?

Wed Nov 2 00:49:40 UTC 2005

Daniel B. Thurman writes:

> 
> Well, I checked.  Java 1.50 is not installed on FC4, even with all
> the updates.

Umm, yeah?  And what exactly led you to expect it to be installed?

>               I searched the RPMs and see references to v1.4.2?
> Is that it??

Nope, this is the gcc Java compiler.  Java, as in JVM, is not, and has never 
been, free software.  And until it is, it ain't going to be in Fedora.

> Can I install Sun's v1.50 or what is recommended.

Yes, you can.

> I noticed this problem since FireFox did not find *any*
> java installed as a module ....

Right.  FireFox would probably want Java, as in JVM.  FireFox has very 
little use for a compiler.

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