sun java vs Fedora

[Scot L. Harris]

On Thu, 2006-06-15 at 10:27 -0400, Jack Howarth wrote:
>    Is there any chance the problems with using the Sun Java plugin
> with Fedora Core 4 or 5 will be resolved soon? I have been unable to
> use the java plugin as installed by either the jpackage nosrc rpms or
> manually installing the binary installer for linux on either FC4 or
> FC5. This is across about 7 machines I have installed here. In all
> cases I end up with a red X when I attempt to load the java applet
> at the testvm web page...
> 
> http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml
> 
> This problem is really getting old and makes MacOS X look like a
> better choice for a workstation.
>                      Jack
> ps I can't believe this problem doesn't get more discussion here
> as it is a major regression. FYI, I tried the latest b87 release
> of Java 1.6 and it doesn't work any better.
> 

Probably does not get more discussion since most people have it working
just fine.

I installed the Sun Java packages using info from here:

http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_4_installation_notes.html#Java

This has worked just fine on all my systems.

There are similar instructions for using the jpackage method but I have
not used that.  Some may find that preferable, but I find getting the
package directly from Sun works just fine.  The link above details how
to setup and use the alternatives method that was introduced a while
ago.

Note that I have been using the 1.5.0_06 version of Java.  Not sure if
the newer version has issues or not.  You might want to try a 1.5
version just in case.