Java 5

[Mark Haney]

Has anyone installed the latest and greatest JRE?  I just did and found
that the RPM package installed, I did an upgrade instead of an install,
but I don't see any files for it and it didn't seem to upgrade
anything.  Should I blow the existing version away (1.4.2) and install
1.5 fresh?

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Mark Haney
Network Administrator
InterAct Public Safety Systems
[e-mail]
Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang) Kernel: 2.6.8-1.521 GNU/Linux 
10:01:36 up 1:52, 2 users, load average: 2.50, 2.30, 2.13

[VJ]

this is what I do - remove old one and install new one. though to be on safe
side i have a ;ink /usr/java pinting to the bin directory of whatever
version i install. That way I provide this path to any software that relies
upon java ( they always see /usr/java/bin ). Forexample I have used this
technique with Oracle 9i tools.

VJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Haney" 
To: 
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 3:03 PM
Subject: Java 5
> Has anyone installed the latest and greatest JRE?  I just did and found
> that the RPM package installed, I did an upgrade instead of an install,
> but I don't see any files for it and it didn't seem to upgrade
> anything.  Should I blow the existing version away (1.4.2) and install
> 1.5 fresh?
>
> Mark Haney
> Network Administrator
> InterAct Public Safety Systems
> [e-mail]
> Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang) Kernel: 2.6.8-1.521 GNU/Linux
> 10:01:36 up 1:52, 2 users, load average: 2.50, 2.30, 2.13
>
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[Oldman]

On Thu, 2004-09-30 at 10:03 -0400, Mark Haney wrote:
> Has anyone installed the latest and greatest JRE?  I just did and found
> that the RPM package installed, I did an upgrade instead of an install,
> but I don't see any files for it and it didn't seem to upgrade
> anything.  Should I blow the existing version away (1.4.2) and install
> 1.5 fresh?

What does rpm -q java show you?

If you installed the old Java via tarball, you may be able to uninstall
it by cd'ing to the install directory and typing make uninstall, though
you'd better read any readme file there before blindly issuing
commands :)

Also use rpm -ql java to find out where the new package put its files.
(you'll also likely find where some documentation got put that may help
as well)

Where did you get this from (I need a java for my fc3t2)

Scott
> Mark Haney
> Network Administrator
> InterAct Public Safety Systems
> [e-mail]
> Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang) Kernel: 2.6.8-1.521 GNU/Linux 
> 10:01:36 up 1:52, 2 users, load average: 2.50, 2.30, 2.13

[Mark Haney]

On Thu, 2004-09-30 at 10:53, Scott Talbot wrote:
> What does rpm -q java show you?
>
> If you installed the old Java via tarball, you may be able to uninstall
> it by cd'ing to the install directory and typing make uninstall, though
> you'd better read any readme file there before blindly issuing
> commands :)

I try to use RPMS as much as possible.  It's just easier to manage.
I did uninstall the old and install the new via RPM, but now after
adding the symlink to the new plug-in, Mozilla doesn't load.  Hmm...
> Also use rpm -ql java to find out where the new package put its files.
> (you'll also likely find where some documentation got put that may help
> as well)
>
> Where did you get this from (I need a java for my fc3t2)

My God man, don't you read Slashdot?  :)  It's available from Sun, I'd
add the download link, but as noted above my Mozilla isn't loading.  Go
to slashdot and link from there.
> Scott
> > Mark Haney
> > Network Administrator
> > InterAct Public Safety Systems
> > [e-mail]
> > Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang) Kernel: 2.6.8-1.521 GNU/Linux 
> > 10:01:36 up 1:52, 2 users, load average: 2.50, 2.30, 2.13
>
> -- 
> When in doubt -- Vote 'em out

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Mark Haney
Network Administrator
InterAct Public Safety Systems
[e-mail]
Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang) Kernel: 2.6.8-1.521 GNU/Linux 
11:01:13 up 2:52, 2 users, load average: 3.02, 2.53, 2.54

[Mark Haney]

On Thu, 2004-09-30 at 11:03, Mark Haney wrote:
> My God man, don't you read Slashdot?  :)  It's available from Sun, I'd
> add the download link, but as noted above my Mozilla isn't loading.  Go
> to slashdot and link from there.

Okay more info, I have pulled every trick in the book to get the new
plugin to work, but Mozilla refuses to load with it, when I remove the
symlink, mozilla loads fine.  What should I look for in the logs to
report this bug?
> > Scott
> > > Mark Haney
> > > Network Administrator
> > > InterAct Public Safety Systems
> > > [e-mail]
> > > Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang) Kernel: 2.6.8-1.521 GNU/Linux 
> > > 10:01:36 up 1:52, 2 users, load average: 2.50, 2.30, 2.13
> >
> > -- 
> > When in doubt -- Vote 'em out
>
> Mark Haney
> Network Administrator
> InterAct Public Safety Systems
> [e-mail]
> Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang) Kernel: 2.6.8-1.521 GNU/Linux 
> 11:01:13 up 2:52, 2 users, load average: 3.02, 2.53, 2.54

--------------------------------------
Mark Haney
Network Administrator
InterAct Public Safety Systems
[e-mail]
Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang) Kernel: 2.6.8-1.521 GNU/Linux 
11:17:57 up 11 min, 1 user, load average: 0.92, 0.60, 0.30

[Rick Chen]

Hello Mark
I just did a upgrade
rpm -Uvh jre-1_5_0-linux-i586.rpm
it will handle previous version
to install plugin for firefox just link to firefox plugin
/usr/java/jre1.5.0/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
to your path/firefox/plugins/ 
if you use mozilla then
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/

if you want to run java class program on console
you can link 
/usr/java/jre1.5.0/bin/java
to /usr/bin/

hope it help

On Thu, 2004-09-30 at 10:03 -0400, Mark Haney wrote:
> Has anyone installed the latest and greatest JRE?  I just did and found
> that the RPM package installed, I did an upgrade instead of an install,
> but I don't see any files for it and it didn't seem to upgrade
> anything.  Should I blow the existing version away (1.4.2) and install
> 1.5 fresh?
>
> Mark Haney
> Network Administrator
> InterAct Public Safety Systems
> [e-mail]
> Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang) Kernel: 2.6.8-1.521 GNU/Linux 
> 10:01:36 up 1:52, 2 users, load average: 2.50, 2.30, 2.13