On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 07:43:04PM -0500, Edward Diener enlightened us: > Karl R. Balsmeier wrote: > >we have been using the 64-bit and 32-bit java 1.4 and 1.5 .bin > >installers on Centos 4.3, 4.4 with very much success, so if you are > >looking to get the Java capabilities you might not need to search for an > >RPM per se. > > > >We keep a very bare machine (no centos java package, etc.) and have a > >whole step-by-step recipe for getting all the usual java webapps working > >with very little hassle... > > > > Is there any particular procedure for installing the Java 1,5 on Sun's > site to CentOS 4.4 ? I see a Jpackage package called > Java-1.5.0-sun-compat but I have no idea what this is or how it is > supposed to be used. > > Setting up Sun's Java latest 1.5.0 JDK on "that other OS whose name > shall not be mentioned" is a no-brainer so it is a bit disappointing > that it is more complicated on CentOS 4.4. But maybe it is really as > easy as downloading the appropriate file from Sun's site and installing > it and I am overestimating any other issues. > Using the binary installer will work, however what the jpackage.org stuff does is create all the appropriate links (mostly for /etc/alternatives) so that /usr/bin/java is the right thing. If you had read the Installation Instructions on the web site (right next to the big red blinking "READ!"), you would see that installing sun-java-compat along side the rpm from Sun's website would get you a working java installation. Matt -- Matt Hyclak Department of Mathematics Department of Social Work Ohio University (740) 593-1263