R P Herrold <herrold at owlriver.com> wrote: > IBM already releases one. I assumed so. > The short version of the install process is: > [herrold at centos-4 java]$ cat README > 1. Install the pre-requs and the package: > cd /home/herrold/download/IBM/java > sudo yum -y install compat-libstdc++-33 > compat-libstdc++-296 > sudo rpm -Uvh > IBMJava2-142-ia32-SDK-1.4.2-1.0.i386.rpm Is there any way the IBMJava2 package can be distributed in CentOS Plus and/or Extras? BTW, I assume the compat-libs are already in CentOS itself? > 2. Update the path: > /opt/IBMJava2-142/bin > ... manually edit /etc/profile, and add: > # for IBM java > pathmunge /opt/IBMJava2-142/bin before > ... just before the "# No core files by > default" is a good spot for it > 3. (Optional) Make the CLASSPATH explicit, but > adding it to /etc/profile : > export CLASSPATH=/opt/IBMJava2-142/bin > -- verify this TBD > 4. (Optional) - Make java available to 'mozilla': > cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ > sudo ln -s > /opt/IBMJava2-142/jre/bin/libjavaplugin_ojigcc3.so . > (for early versions (mozilla-1.4 and earlier) > [as root] > cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ > ln > -s/opt/IBMJava2-142/jre/bin/libjavaplugin_oji.so . Any way to make these part of the post-install script? Or maybe just create another package in CentOS Plus/Extras that has all the previous packages (compat-libs, IBMJava2, etc...) as pre-requisities and does it for you? -- Bryan J. Smith | Sent from Yahoo Mail mailto:b.j.smith at ieee.org | (please excuse any http://thebs413.blogspot.com/ | missing headers)