FC4 and Java...

[Paul Howarth]

Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Tuesday 27 June 2006 11:09, Paul Howarth wrote:
>> Anne Wilson wrote:
>>> On Saturday 24 June 2006 21:19, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 24 Jun 2006, bruce wrote:
>>>>> hi..
>>>>>
>>>>> Can someone please tell me whay it's apparently difficult to install
>>>>> java sdk on FC4...
>>>> Sun's licensing terms preclude distribution by third parties.
>>>>
>>>>> it appears that i have to do ...
>>>>> http://fedoranews.org/mediawiki/index.php/JPackage_Java_for_FC4
>>>>>
>>>>> or, is there a rpm package that i can get my hands on...
>>>> That *is* the RPM package.  It's just that you have to build it
>>>> yourself.
>>>>
>>>> The JPackage RPMs are designed to integrate properly with Fedora.  The
>>>> Sun RPMs are broken.  The Sun .bin distribution doesn't integrate at
>>>> all.  If all you want is the browser plugin, it doesn't matter much, but
>>>> if you are doing anything more sophisticated than that, you definitely
>>>> want to follow the JPackage Way.
>>>>
>>>> It looks scary at first, but it's really not that hard...
>>> Matthew, I've been trying to get Azureus working, and it looks like java
>>> problems, so I tried to follow this.  Version numbers have moved on, but
>>> I got the Sun package.  I hit problems with finding the jpackage, though.
>>>  I got as far as http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/jpackage/1.7/generic/non-free/
>>> but I can't find any package that looks to be right.  Could you take a
>>> look and re-direct me, please?
>> Try my updated guide:
>> http://www.city-fan.org/tips/JpackageJava
>>
> OK - one step further, then another problem.  It seems I'm not getting the key 
> installed.  I tried
> 
> rpm --import c431416d
> error: c431416d: import read failed(-1).

You have no file called c431416d. You don't need to do that anyway.

> rpmbuild --rebuild java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.07-1jpp.nosrc.rpm
> Installing java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.07-1jpp.nosrc.rpm
> warning: InstallSourcePackage: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID c431416d
> warning: user jacorley does not exist - using root
> warning: group ncsu does not exist - using root
> warning: user jacorley does not exist - using root
> warning: group ncsu does not exist - using root
> warning: user jacorley does not exist - using root
> warning: group ncsu does not exist - using root
> Executing(%prep): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.11404
> + umask 022
> + cd /root/rpmbuild/BUILD
> + LANG=C
> + export LANG
> + unset DISPLAY
> + rm -rf /root/rpmbuild/BUILD/jdk1.5.0_07
> + export MORE=10000
> + MORE=10000
> + sh /root/rpmbuild/SOURCES/jdk-1_5_0_07-linux-i586.bin
> sh: /root/rpmbuild/SOURCES/jdk-1_5_0_07-linux-i586.bin: No such file or 
> directory
> error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.11404 (%prep)

You are building the package as root. Don't do that. Just follow the 
instructions carefully. jdk-1_5_0_07-linux-i586.bin should be in the 
~/rpmbuild/SOURCES directory of the non-root account you build the 
package as.

> RPM build errors:
>     InstallSourcePackage: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID c431416d
>     user jacorley does not exist - using root
>     group ncsu does not exist - using root
>     user jacorley does not exist - using root
>     group ncsu does not exist - using root
>     user jacorley does not exist - using root
>     group ncsu does not exist - using root
>     Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.11404 (%prep)
> 
> Is this entirely the key issue?  What command should I have used?

The key issue is just a warning and can be ignored.

Paul.