Java problem

[Karl Larsen]

Knute Johnson wrote:
>> On Sat, 2007-12-29 at 15:04 -0800, Knute Johnson wrote:
>>     
>>>>> 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.
>>>       
>> ----
>> docbook-XSL for xalan/xerces/fop etc. Otherwise, you have to locate them
>> with each call.
>>
>> Probably others too...
>>     
>
> Sorry, I have no idea what that means.
>
>   
    The web page doesn't cover the problem if you got 
jre-6u3-linux-i586-rpm.bin which is a bash file. What do you do with this

Karl


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