On 9/24/2010 11:28 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > >>> Apparently I don't have the java plugin browser installed. I've tried >>> to install it using the rpm.bin file at >>> <http://java.com/en/download/linux_manual.jsp?locale=en&host=java.com>, >>> but it's erroring out: "/bin/sh: bad interpreter: Text file busy". >> >> If you want to keep it simple, I would not try to install at the same >> time the base CentOS OpenJdk RPMs and the Sun RPM. >> If you don't care much about control (in the free software sense) on >> your Java installation and just need the plugin, I guess you should go >> for the Sun RPM after uninstalling the base OpenJdk packages. >> >> Maybe some people on the list have other opinions / tips. > > Well, other than that openjdk has not supplied/supported the java browser > plugin since last year, and the "workaround" is to install Sun's, er, > sorry, Oracle's java.... Has Oracle been any more sensible about building an RHEL-style (with appropriate locations and alternatives setup) RPM than Sun was? -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com