* Robin Green <greenrd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2005-07-26 18:11]: > >Sun's Java and GNU Java should be able to coexist on the same system, but > >I wouldn't know how to get that configuration working. > > Sun's Java and GCJ are, of course, able to coexist on the same system. Follow > this simple five step guide to get the recommend setup: > > 1. Download a Sun JDK (not a JRE!) from > http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp - and make sure you choose the > "Linux RPM in self-extracting file" option. Sorry to sound like a jerk pointing this out again, but the Sun RPMs are *NOT* recommended as they can be removed with an update to our stuff (I believe it's a problem with xml Provides but I can't recall at the moment). > Eclipse has a visual editor component like other IDEs, called VE (Visual > Editor), but it isn't shipped in Fedora yet. You can download it from > eclipse.org and unzip it (as root) into /usr/share/eclipse - the eclipse > updating mechanism doesn't work, so it's best to install it manually like I installed VE yesterday using our RPMs and the update manager. I had to install some extra packages (ie. eveything up to and including eclipse-pde-devel .. yum will bring in everything if you specify that ... hmm, maybe not eclipse-rcp-devel?) but once I had them installed, I got no errors (I think it will work even if you get "missing .../feature.xml" errors). Now, as for actually *using* VE ... well, it didn't work :) There seemed to be some issue with it spawning another VM. If someone wants to take charge and become the Fedora VE person, I'll do my best to help them. > Consider carefully the appropriate bug database to use. Firstly, can you > [...] This information would be great to have here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugsReports > > How do I create a Java project in Eclipse on Fedora? > > Easy. [...] Great write-up, Robin! Can you please add some of your comments and such to the Fedora wiki Java and/or Eclipse pages (I have the URL as the topic for #fedora-java)? > > How do I use Tomcat? > > Very briefly: "service tomcat4 start" or "service tomcat5 start" will > start tomcat. (Can you guess how to stop it?) Then use "rpm -ql > tomcat5|less" to explore the directory structure of Tomcat on Fedora. The > main thing you need to know is that you put your webapps under > /var/lib/tomcat{4,5}/webapps. Take a look at the various tomcat5 sub-packages as well (tomcat5-webapps-admin, I believe, is one of them). Often times people will have Tomcat installed and working fine but not see anything on localhost:8080 (or wherever) because they don't have the admin webapp installed. Andrew
