>>>>> "sv" == seth vidal <skvidal@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: sv> maybe I'm crazy but is an i586 package ACTUALLY compatible with an sv> x86_64? The processor is completely binary compatible; you can install a 32-bit OS on it and things work fine. I have plenty of i386 packages and various 32-bit commercial applications running on my x86_64 machines. FC2-x86_64 installs plenty of 32-bit packages, including OpenOffice (which it seems isn't 64-bit clean yet). I can install the j2re package from Dag's repository by hand without problems, and I can at least run the "java" executable, but I have no idea how to test it. - J<