On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:50:02AM +0200, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > Generally speaking, using software coming from a repository configured > in yum makes it a lot easier to maintain the system and keep the > packages up to date. > > It is a bad habbit, especially in an enterprise environment, to deploy > software to machines in a fashion where you hardly have an overview > which software version is being installed and without a proven method to > keep the systems updated with new versions for fixing bugs and security > issues. > Yes. However, my BrailleBlaster project may require Java 1.7. I suppose I can obtain it from Openjdk and install it manually. I should probably uninstall Java 1.6 first. After I install Java 1.7, will subsequent use of yuum update mess up that installation? Thanks, John > Alexander > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com Madison, Wisconsin USA Developing software for people with disabilities