On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 15:21 -0600, Dan Carl wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Craig White" <craig at tobyhouse.com> > To: <centos at centos.org> > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 2:15 PM > Subject: [CentOS] Installing java on CentOS 5 > > > > strugging with things here... > > > > tried tracking the info on the Wiki (which apparently is now in need of > > a maintainer)... > > http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/JavaOnCentOS > > > > My primary interest is using Xalan/Saxon/xslt/xsl-fo docbook generation. > > > > I was thinking that all I really need is jre but downloaded both jre and > > jdk just in case. > > > > can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? (after removing both jdk & > > jre)... > > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 56835774 Sep 25 00:47 > > jdk-6u3-linux-i586.rpm > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18835725 Sep 25 00:45 > > jre-6u3-linux-i586.rpm > > > > I tried installing each of them but they never show up in > > # alternatives --config java > > > > # rpm -qa|grep jpackage > > jpackage-utils-1.7.3-1jpp.2.el5 > > > > # rpm -ivh jre-6u3-linux-i586.rpm > > Preparing... ########################################### > > [100%] > > 1:jre ########################################### > > [100%] > > Unpacking JAR files... > > rt.jar... > > jsse.jar... > > charsets.jar... > > localedata.jar... > > plugin.jar... > > javaws.jar... > > deploy.jar... > > > > # alternatives --config java > > Download the RPM and install that matches your version of JDK > from here > ftp://jpackage.hmdc.harvard.edu/JPackage/1.7/generic/RPMS.non-free > in your case > wget > ftp://jpackage.hmdc.harvard.edu/JPackage/1.7/generic/RPMS.non-free/java-1.6.0-sun-compat-1.6.0.03-1jpp.i586.rpm > Install the RPM and you should be all set. > > The Wiki does state to install both packages but the link is bad and the > current JDK is 6 update 3 > Explaination can be found here > http://www.jpackage.org/installation.php > ---- thanks - I got it installed. I only wish I understood what I did so I can do it again next year ;-) I hope now that java is GPL that it is packaged/bundled to eliminate this nonsense Craig