I just installed Fedora Core 4, and happily, it seems to have all the Java packages already installed for me and ready to go (during the install I selected the Java and Eclipse packages, and also dev tools packages). Then, later, I noticed this site: http://jpackage.org/ They seem to have many of the same packages that already come with FC4, and they're rpm's too. At first I assumed that jpackage.org must be for other rpm-based distros besides Fedora, but then I came across this article: http://fedoranews.org/mediawiki/index.php/JPackage_Java_for_FC4 by Paul Howarth. It says: | | Fedora Core 4 users should use either the RPM from jpackage.org | or manually install the Sun Java tarball into /opt. Sun Java 1.5+ | is recommended for stability purposes. | What are they talking about? FC4 already comes with Java: [john@localhost ~]$ yum list | grep gcj java-1.4.2-gcj-compat.i386 1.4.2.0-40jpp_31rh.FC4 installed java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-devel.i386 1.4.2.0-40jpp_31rh.FC4 installed java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-src.i386 1.4.2.0-40jpp_31rh.FC4 installed libgcj.i386 4.0.0-8 installed libgcj-devel.i386 4.0.0-8 installed libgcj-src.i386 4.0.0-8 installed java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-debuginfo.i386 1.4.2.0-40jpp_31rh.FC4 updates-released Why would I install Java from jpackage.org when it already comes with FC4 and works right OOTB? Should FC4 users be using *any* packages from jpackage.org? Thanks, ---John ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
