OK. I just upgraded a test system from 5.1 to 5.2 and there went all of my efforts to get Java working. All those alternative commands that I lost track of what really worked.... So I need the JDK. I have that installed on my main system with some alternatives commands that I do not remember. I do remember (and can find) a thread here to help me on it, and I tried a number of different recommendations until things started working. Was it the last command or a combination of them? Anyway, so here comes the upgrade to firefox 3. On my test system, Java was working with 1.5, and now it is not. So I anticipate the same event here. I need these Java apps working, so before I upgrade, I would like to know what others have found out and recommend.
On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote:> OK. I just upgraded a test system from 5.1 to 5.2 and there went all of my > efforts to get Java working. All those alternative commands that I lost > track of what really worked.... > > So I need the JDK. I have that installed on my main system with some > alternatives commands that I do not remember. I do remember (and can find) > a thread here to help me on it, and I tried a number of different > recommendations until things started working. Was it the last command or a > combination of them? > > Anyway, so here comes the upgrade to firefox 3. On my test system, Java was > working with 1.5, and now it is not. So I anticipate the same event here. > I need these Java apps working, so before I upgrade, I would like to know > what others have found out and recommend.The openjdk rpms from epel are somewhat functional, but for me it's just easier to get the jdk rpm from java.sun.com, and then grab the java-sun-compat rpm from jpackage.org. It sets up the alternatives framework and plugins for mozilla/ff. After that it all 'Just Works' here. -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell
On Mon, 2008-07-07 at 09:29 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:> <snip>> Anyway, so here comes the upgrade to firefox 3. On my test system, Java > was working with 1.5, and now it is not. So I anticipate the same event > here. I need these Java apps working, so before I upgrade, I would like > to know what others have found out and recommend.Early on I installed firefox-3.0rc2.tar.bz2 (after having discarded the 3b5 beta now included in the RH/CentOS 5.2 my home directory and started successfully running with it. I have not yet replaced the 3b5 system-wide (not broken, don't fix). I run a java application. The java console show warnings and 8 errors, but it WFM. # rpm -qa|grep jre jre-1.6.0_05-fcs # rpm -qa|grep java java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-1.4.2.0-40jpp.115 tzdata-java-2007k-2.el5.centos I had tried the openjdk CentOS posted a couple months back, reported it did not WFM, never heard anything about it, so I abandoned testing it. Got the real jre from Sun's site. With this combination, my apps are working good enough, although I would prefer no warnings or errors in the java console. I would suggest getting the released FF from the mozilla site, install alongside the CentOS released one (allowing an upgrade to prod FF when RH releases it) and test that setup. I would like to use all the CentOS released, but the beta FF has too many warts, the test of the openjdk I did not only failed but also got no activity when I reported it did not work for me and I had no time/interest in pushing hard since I'm really ignorant on all that stuff.> <snip sig stuff>HTH -- Bill