Java problem
Knute Johnson
knute at frazmtn.com
Sat Dec 29 23:04:36 UTC 2007
>> Actually, Sun's Java is very easy to install and configure on both 32
>> and 64 bit. The only real problem is the lack of a 64bit browser
>> plugin and as far as I can tell nspluginwrapper doesn't work with the
>> 32bit version.
>>
>> I did a short page on how to set up Sun's Java on F8;
>>
>> http://www.knutejohnson.com/sun-java-on-F8.html
>----
>I agree with the following notations...
>
>you should probably install the compat-libstdc++-33 PRIOR to installing
>the Sun JRE/JDK shouldn't you? If you do a 'yum localinstall
>jre/jdk-VERSION' it will automatically install requisite packages such
>as the compaat-libstdc++-33
I works if you do it after, I never tried before.
>Your notations don't provide methodologies for setting
>JAVA_HOME/JRE_HOME/CLASSPATH environment variables which are necessary
>for virtually everything other than the java web browser plugin. This of
>course was the crux of the OP - java's bin isn't installed in a users
>$PATH.
If you use the JPackage none of that is required. In fact setting
the CLASSPATH is almost never required in any installation.
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Knute Johnson
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