Re: Can't install java properly in FC3

From: Darryl Gerbrandt (mypileofcrap_at_shaw.ca)
Date: 11/05/05 

Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 20:40:14 GMT

Lenard wrote:

>>
>>Can anybody make sense of this???:
>>
>>*******************************
>>
>>[root@dev ~]# rpm -Uvh jre-1_5_0_05-linux-i586.rpm
>>Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
>> package jre-1.5.0_05-fcs is already installed
>>[root@dev ~]# rpm -e jre-1_5_0_05-linux-i586.rpm
>>error: package jre-1_5_0_05-linux-i586.rpm is not installed
>>[root@dev ~]#
>>
>>*******************************
>
>
> You install a package via rpm by the filename and remove it by the package
> name, for example;
>
> Install; rpm -Uvh jre-1_5_0_05-linux-i586.rpm
>
> Remove; rpm -e jre
>
> Please read 'man rpm' without the quotes for the details.
>

Um... did you read the lines I posted above? I don't mean any
disrespect, but if you had, you would realize that I already used rpm
-Uvh to try to install, and rpm -e to try to remove. Please read it
again carefully to see my dillema.

>
> Please define your problem, what is not working?? Are you trying to get java
> working in mozilla/firefox???? or something else????
>

Well, trying to get Java working in firefox, yes; also trying to run
Azureus.

Regards,

Darryl Gerbrandt

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