On Sun, 14 Nov 2010 09:18:24 +0100 Przemysław Pawełczyk <pp_o2 at o2.pl> wrote: > Hi, > > I missed the most posts of the thread so let me say those few words. > > First of all I use Java or OpenOffice.org from producers' websites. > They are always "fresh" and installable in RHEL. > > I assume too, that the i386 and amd64 versions work the same way, only > the lib names can be different. > > Thirdly, I cannot say now what method I used lately but either of them > worked flawlessly. I installed Scientific Linux (CentOS) several times > without any snags. > > So, > > 1. The latest Java is attached to the latest OpenOffice.org RPMs. > http://download.openoffice.org/other.html > > 2. Java RPM can be downloaded from Oracle page: > http://www.java.com/en/download/linux_manual.jsp?locale=en&host=www.java.com > > test Java: > http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml > > Java directory with Java libs and plugins: > /usr/java/jre1.6.0_21/lib/amd64 > > I use to place OpenOffice.org in /opt directory. Java is installed > here: /opt/openoffice.org/ure > > It must be working as it always worked here. ;-) Hi, A few words on plugin directories. Typical Linux directory /usr/share/mozilla/plugins does not work here. The right place for plugins in RHEL amd64, as in my 64bit example, is: /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins. I had to find out that because the libnpjp2.so library wasn't placed in user's ~/.mozilla/plugins directory and what made me so confused wondering why my Firefox 3.6.11 read the java pages without the library! :-) Summing up - the best way to find out what works or why something doesn't is a "small step approach" - trying to make use of the latest libs or apps from developers websites - not from the main repos for our system releases. Regards -- >>> Please do NOT Cc me on Mailing Lists <<< Przemysław Pawełczyk (P2O2) [pron. Pshemislav Paveltchick] http://pp.blast.pl, pp_o2 at o2.pl -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20101114/6e524944/attachment-0005.sig>