[CentOS] Java

Fri Jul 15 13:30:30 UTC 2005
Jim Perrin <jperrin at gmail.com>

On 7/15/05, Lee w <buckywombat at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I'm a newbie to centos and having trouble upgrading java's jdk1.4 to jdk1.5.
>   I assume I have to get the jdk from jpackage, but I'm having trouble
> locating it, let alone finding any instructions on how to upgrade.  Much
> appreciated if anyone can help.  Thanks!
> 

To my knowledge they do not supply the sun java jdk, but supply a
nosrc.rpm for it. You have to download the jdk from java.sun.com and
build the rpm using the specfile included in the nosrc.rpm. See the
http://jpackage.org/rpm.php?id=2663 page for more info.

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Jim Perrin
System Administrator - UIT
Ft. Gordon & US Army Signal Center