OpenJRE or Oracle Jre

[poma]

On 04.05.2013 04:25, Kevin J. Cummings wrote:
> On 05/03/2013 06:26 PM, poma wrote:
>> On 04.05.2013 00:01, Jim wrote:
>>> Fedora 18 ,is there openJRE instead of Oracles JRE ?
>>>
>>> What Packages would I download ?
>>
>> alternatives --config java ;)
> 
> This lets hin pick from packages already installed on his system.

Regardless of how one can interpret the 'alternative' it is a valid way
to query/config the installed libraries in question.
Not a common one, but nonetheless it is.
After that and even before that, we can choose another tools to reach
the final result.
Answers may not always be obvious.
If you are confused because of this, sorry. :)

> yum whatprovides jre
> 
> will tell him what else is available from the repos he has configured....


poma