java again really

[Karl Larsen]

Craig White wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 20:02 -0800, Knute Johnson wrote:
>   
>>> Knute Johnson wrote:
>>>       
>>>> To install and run Sun Java on F8 look at the simplified instructions 
>>>> on this site;
>>>>
>>>> http://rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com/sun-java-on-F8.html
>>>>
>>>> You don't need to remove anything before installing Sun Java.  JEdit 
>>>> should work with icedtea anyway.
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>         
>>>    Some of the things the page says are wrong. But it will be easy now 
>>> with sim links to use the right java and jedit will work. By the way, I 
>>> tried it with icedtea and it did not work at ALL!
>>>       
>> What is wrong with the document?
>>     
> ----
> specifically, nothing, generally, you are really only plucking the low
> hanging fruit of a i386 install with emphasis on getting functional use
> of the sun java plugin running in Firefox.
>
> If someone has ambitions beyond that, your instructions are of little
> value. We have already covered this ground.
>
> Craig
>
>   
    The document does set up the new java to work with firefox I think. 
The step to make the new java work with a terminal is missing but I 
found it. See later message.

Karl


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