While using Fedora, I always used java straight from Sun. What is recommended for CentOS?? Getting jetty, java and other java apps working correctly has been a real chore. If I used nothing but RPMs for CEntOS, would I have a real working java install? I need some help on this one badly. Ric -- ---------------------------------------------------- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ https://nuoar.dev.java.net/ Verizon Cell # 336-254-1339
Ric Moore wrote:> While using Fedora, I always used java straight from Sun. What is > recommended for CentOS?? Getting jetty, java and other java apps working > correctly has been a real chore. If I used nothing but RPMs for CEntOS, > would I have a real working java install? I need some help on this one > badly. RicGet it from Sun for now. I think Java 7 is the one that's supposed to be fully GPL, Java 6 still has some incompatible bits that Sun is re-writing(last I read). You can get java alternatives like gcj with CentOS, though their usefulness is somewhat limited. nate (and to answer your other email you sent me off-list while I'm here, no not the same nate, I've never worked at Red Hat)
On Sep 11, 2008, at 12:01 PM, Ric Moore wrote:> While using Fedora, I always used java straight from Sun. What is > recommended for CentOS?? Getting jetty, java and other java apps > working > correctly has been a real chore. If I used nothing but RPMs for > CEntOS, > would I have a real working java install? I need some help on this one > badly. Richttp://jpackage.org/ makes your life easier. -steve -- If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction. - Fabian, Twelfth Night, III,v
Ric Moore wrote:> While using Fedora, I always used java straight from Sun. What is > recommended for CentOS?? Getting jetty, java and other java apps working > correctly has been a real chore. If I used nothing but RPMs for CEntOS, > would I have a real working java install? I need some help on this one > badly. RicFor your sanity's sake, I'd recommend just dropping the Sun binary(ies) under /usr/java/java-version-number and use explicit paths and JAVA_HOME and CLASSPATH settings when starting the programs. Otherwise you'll have trouble if you need more than one jvm version. The Sun RPM package doesn't set up the expected symlinks that the alternatives system uses and the Centos repos don't have a copy that works either. There are some other RPM-packaged versions around but they may or may not do the right thing with alternatives and even if they do, that scheme can only work with one jvm version at a time. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com