[CentOS] Installing java on CentOS 5

[Craig White]

On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 15:21 -0600, Dan Carl wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Craig White" <craig at tobyhouse.com>
> To: <centos at centos.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 2:15 PM
> Subject: [CentOS] Installing java on CentOS 5
> 
> 
> > strugging with things here...
> >
> > tried tracking the info on the Wiki (which apparently is now in need of
> > a maintainer)...
> > http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/JavaOnCentOS
> >
> > My primary interest is using Xalan/Saxon/xslt/xsl-fo docbook generation.
> >
> > I was thinking that all I really need is jre but downloaded both jre and
> > jdk just in case.
> >
> > can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? (after removing both jdk &
> > jre)...
> >
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root    root    56835774 Sep 25 00:47
> > jdk-6u3-linux-i586.rpm
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root    root    18835725 Sep 25 00:45
> > jre-6u3-linux-i586.rpm
> >
> > I tried installing each of them but they never show up in
> > # alternatives --config java
> >
> > # rpm -qa|grep jpackage
> > jpackage-utils-1.7.3-1jpp.2.el5
> >
> > # rpm -ivh jre-6u3-linux-i586.rpm
> > Preparing...                ###########################################
> > [100%]
> >    1:jre                    ###########################################
> > [100%]
> > Unpacking JAR files...
> >         rt.jar...
> >         jsse.jar...
> >         charsets.jar...
> >         localedata.jar...
> >         plugin.jar...
> >         javaws.jar...
> >         deploy.jar...
> >
> > # alternatives --config java
> 
> Download the RPM and install that matches your version of JDK
> from here
> ftp://jpackage.hmdc.harvard.edu/JPackage/1.7/generic/RPMS.non-free
> in your case
> wget
> ftp://jpackage.hmdc.harvard.edu/JPackage/1.7/generic/RPMS.non-free/java-1.6.0-sun-compat-1.6.0.03-1jpp.i586.rpm
> Install the RPM and you should be all set.
> 
> The Wiki does state to install both packages but the link is bad and the
> current JDK is 6 update 3
> Explaination can be found here
> http://www.jpackage.org/installation.php
> 
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thanks - I got it installed.

I only wish I understood what I did so I can do it again next year   ;-)

I hope now that java is GPL that it is packaged/bundled to eliminate
this nonsense

Craig