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

[Dan Thurman]

Well, I checked.  Java 1.50 is not installed on FC4, even with all
the updates.  I searched the RPMs and see references to v1.4.2?
Is that it??

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

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

Kind regards,
Dan

[Paul Smith]

On 11/1/05, Daniel B. Thurman  wrote:
> Well, I checked.  Java 1.50 is not installed on FC4, even with all
> the updates.  I searched the RPMs and see references to v1.4.2?
> Is that it??
>
> Can I install Sun's v1.50 or what is recommended.
>
> I noticed this problem since FireFox did not find *any*
> java installed as a module ....

The Sun's one works fine here.

Paul

[Sam Varshavchik]

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.

[Jeff Vian]

On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 15:45 -0800, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
> Well, I checked.  Java 1.50 is not installed on FC4, even with all
> the updates.  I searched the RPMs and see references to v1.4.2?
> Is that it??
>
> Can I install Sun's v1.50 or what is recommended.
>
> I noticed this problem since FireFox did not find *any*
> java installed as a module ....
>
> Kind regards,
> Dan

I installed Sun's version.  You have to make a soft link
in /usr/lib/firefox-1.0.X/plugins
to /usr/java/jre1.5.0_04/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
Firefox can then see the java plugin.
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[cyber]

Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
> Well, I checked.  Java 1.50 is not installed on FC4, even with all
> the updates.  I searched the RPMs and see references to v1.4.2?
> Is that it??
>
> Can I install Sun's v1.50 or what is recommended.
>
> I noticed this problem since FireFox did not find *any*
> java installed as a module ....
>
> Kind regards,
> Dan

Follow the instuctions mentioned in the this HowTo and you'll get all 
the java staff installed .
http://fedoranews.org/mediawiki/index.php/JPackage_Java_for_FC4

regards,
Cyber