On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 13:51 -0500, Robert L Cochran wrote: > For Fedora Core 3, do I need to install a Java distribution, or is there > a Java that already works? A quick check shows I have a jar utility > installed but not, apparently, a java engine. The Release Notes say > nothing about Java. yum install java-1.4.2-gcj-compat java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-devel For gcj, else go to jpackage.org and follow the instructions on http://jpackage.org/rebuilding.php Build and install java-1.4.2-VENDOR you'll want to install the -devel package, plus -fonts and -plugin for applets. Then add the jpackage repos to yum and you should be all set. We hope to have a 1.6 release very shortly (final touches) Paul