Sun's JRE

[B. Charles Reynolds]

On Monday, December 30, 2002, at 02:55 PM, Greg wrote:

> Hi all.  I keep bumping into things I'd like to do that require Sun's 
> Java Runtime Enviornment.  I've been to their download page but all 
> they have are an i586-rpm.bin and a i-586.bin available.  Has anyone 
> found a way to install a JRE on Yellow Dog?  I've got j2re, but it 
> won't do apparently.
> Any help will earn you rewards in Heaven.

Sun's JRE for Linux is buggy enough on my Red Hat i586 install. If 
possible, stick to GNU's stuff and compile those apps with gcj (see 
article in January '03 Linux Journal).

___
Charles

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