Matt Hyclak wrote: > On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 05:28:12PM -0500, Edward Diener enlightened us: >> I did not choose Java when I installed CentOS 4.4 and I want to install >> a JDK to do Java programming. What is the default Java JDK for CentOS >> 4.4 ? I see under YumEx very little which looks like a Java JDK. Is >> there one in the distribution ? Is there a way to get Sun's latest JDK 5 >> installed safely and successfully on CentOS 4.4, perhaps via an RPM for >> it tailored to CentOS 4.4, or should I just use the one on Sun's web >> site ? After installing the RPM is there anything else I have to do to >> get it to work properly in CentOS 4.4 ? Any help is gratefully appreciated. >> > > See jpackage.org for a .nosrc.rpm to use with Sun's Java. > I see a package called java-1.5.0-sun-compat once I added JPackage to my yum repositories. Is this the Sun JDK 5.0 ( 1.5.0 ) ? If not, what is the reason for this and how is it supposed to work with the latest Sun JDK 5.0 ( 1.5.0 ) ?