[TriLUG] Fedora 7 (was Fedora core 8)

Robert Dale robdale at gmail.com
Sat Sep 29 07:56:31 EDT 2007


On 9/29/07, WA Brown <brownwa at ftc-i.net> wrote:

> > That isn't out yet. I suggest you stick with 7 unless you have a
> > powerful reason to need 8 and know what you're getting into. Also,
> > they've dropped the "core" bit. It's just Fedora Project now.
> >
> > > 1.Java does not work and I have installed it but it still doesn't work.
> >
> > Which Java? Sun Java from the Sun website? All of Java? Just the JRE?
>
> JRE downloaded and installed from Sun Java. It still does not work.

Without the details of what "doesn't work" means, it's hard to debug.
I use only Sun's java (1.5, 1.6) and have installed them on many
Fedora 7 machines (x86, 32-bit).  I have never seen any problems.

Fedora comes with GNU's java (gcj) which I have seen many problems with.
java -version:
gij (GNU libgcj) version 4.1.2 20070502 (Red Hat 4.1.2-12)

Make sure you've either uninstalled gcj and/or put Sun's first in the
PATH.  Neither the rpm nor the bin version do this for you!
What I typically do is create a profile file to set the environment.
/etc/profile.d/java.sh:
export JAVA_HOME=/path/to/java
export PATH=${JAVA_HOME}/bin:${PATH}

(Load it - . /etc/profile.d/java.sh - or relogin)
java -version
java version "1.6.0_01"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_01-b06)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0_01-b06, mixed mode, sharing)

If you mean doesn't work in the browser, all I can say is that it's
probably using gcj and you'll have to do some extra configuration to
make the browser use sun's.

> I just want to be able to listen to online radio programs, video news
> stories and the embedded video that is on some sites such as news sites.
> I am not trying to do anything illegal but you should be able to see an
> embeded video or online radio program.

Point your yum at http://rpm.livna.org to get all the non-free stuff.

-- 
Robert Dale



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