On Sun, 14 Nov 2010 09:18:24 +0100 Przemysław Pawełczyk pp_o2@o2.pl wrote:
Hi,
I missed the most posts of the thread so let me say those few words.
First of all I use Java or OpenOffice.org from producers' websites. They are always "fresh" and installable in RHEL.
I assume too, that the i386 and amd64 versions work the same way, only the lib names can be different.
Thirdly, I cannot say now what method I used lately but either of them worked flawlessly. I installed Scientific Linux (CentOS) several times without any snags.
So,
- The latest Java is attached to the latest OpenOffice.org RPMs.
http://download.openoffice.org/other.html
- Java RPM can be downloaded from Oracle page:
http://www.java.com/en/download/linux_manual.jsp?locale=en&host=www.java...
test Java: http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml
Java directory with Java libs and plugins: /usr/java/jre1.6.0_21/lib/amd64
I use to place OpenOffice.org in /opt directory. Java is installed here: /opt/openoffice.org/ure
It must be working as it always worked here. ;-)
Hi,
A few words on plugin directories.
Typical Linux directory /usr/share/mozilla/plugins does not work here. The right place for plugins in RHEL amd64, as in my 64bit example, is: /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins.
I had to find out that because the libnpjp2.so library wasn't placed in user's ~/.mozilla/plugins directory and what made me so confused wondering why my Firefox 3.6.11 read the java pages without the library! :-)
Summing up - the best way to find out what works or why something doesn't is a "small step approach" - trying to make use of the latest libs or apps from developers websites - not from the main repos for our system releases.
Regards