Instead of faking the RPM database into thinking Java is installed, you could try installing Java via rpm.

Check it out here: http://www.jpackage.org/rpm.php?id=2663

You basically download the Java binary, manually copy it into /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES and then perform an rpmbuild to make the actual rpm.

-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Dan Pritts Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 10:00 AM To: Robert Hanson Cc: centos@centos.org Subject: [CentOS] rpm spec file for "fakejava"

Interestingly, i just posted to the list a similar SPEC file. look at the thread on CGI.pm.

I've attached my spec file for "fakejava" as well.

It was a lot of trial and error to make it work. None of the documentation I could find was for modern versions of RPM, and IIRC the documentation i did find for older versions was incorrect somehow.

I think I had to specify a source package, but i didn't have to actually do anything with it.

I'm cc'ing the list on this so it makes it into the archives.

On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 08:53:06AM -0700, Robert Hanson wrote:

off list greetings!

would you please share that expertise you just learned with me

individually

or with the whole list please?

that is, if it doesnt take you too long can you detail and share your creation and how to use it etc that i may learn from it?

thanks!

• rh

-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On

Behalf

Of Dan Pritts Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 8:33 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Re: Installing Dag's RPMs

On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 03:11:38PM -0700, dan.trainor wrote:

...

cryptic nature. I've been doing a LOT of RPM exploration over the

past

...

few weeks, and found the process of actually creating an RPM to be a somewhat cumbersome and at times poorly documented system. I don't

want

Tell it, brother!

I spent three hours figuring out how to write a spec file to create an RPM that doesn't do anything other than tell the RPM database that such and such a capability is installed (some java app didn't think i have "java" since sun's rpms didn't tell RPM it was there).

ugh.

danno

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