Simple way to update java on FC6?

2008-01-27 Thread Bruce Labitt
I'm trying to get eclipse to run on my box with FC6. I grabbed a copy of the program from eclipse.org. It wants a version of java 1.5 to run. It seems the repos only have 1.4.2 for FC6. Anybody know of a repo that may have it? In the past, I've tried updating java thru the sun site. I

Re: Simple way to update java on FC6?

2008-01-27 Thread Lloyd Kvam
On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 11:50 -0500, Bruce Labitt wrote: I'm trying to get eclipse to run on my box with FC6. I grabbed a copy of the program from eclipse.org. It wants a version of java 1.5 to run. It seems the repos only have 1.4.2 for FC6. Anybody know of a repo that may have it?

Re: Simple way to update java on FC6?

2008-01-27 Thread Frank DiPrete
I install the jre binary from sun on my FC boxes: http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp Install to /usr/local/jre-blah and set PATH or link to the binaries. On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 11:50 -0500, Bruce Labitt wrote: I'm trying to get eclipse to run on my box with FC6. I grabbed a copy of

Re: Simple way to update java on FC6?

2008-01-27 Thread Ted Roche
Bruce Labitt wrote: I'm trying to get eclipse to run on my box with FC6. I grabbed a copy of the program from eclipse.org. It wants a version of java 1.5 to run. It seems the repos only have 1.4.2 for FC6. Anybody know of a repo that may have it? In the past, I've tried updating java

Re: Simple way to update java on FC6?

2008-01-27 Thread Bruce Labitt
Lloyd Kvam wrote: On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 11:50 -0500, Bruce Labitt wrote: I'm trying to get eclipse to run on my box with FC6. I grabbed a copy of the program from eclipse.org. It wants a version of java 1.5 to run. It seems the repos only have 1.4.2 for FC6. Anybody know of a repo

Re: Simple way to update java on FC6?

2008-01-27 Thread Bruce Labitt
Ted Roche wrote: Bruce Labitt wrote: I'm trying to get eclipse to run on my box with FC6. I grabbed a copy of the program from eclipse.org. It wants a version of java 1.5 to run. It seems the repos only have 1.4.2 for FC6. Anybody know of a repo that may have it? In the past, I've

Re: Simple way to update java on FC6?

2008-01-27 Thread Ben Scott
On Jan 27, 2008 5:22 PM, Bruce Labitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Package jdk-1_5_0_14-linux-i586.rpm is not signed If you can track down the GPG key for the repository source, you can add it to the trusted keys for your system with: rpm --import /path/to/key-file or even rpm

Re: Simple way to update java on FC6?

2008-01-27 Thread Bruce Labitt
Um, duh. :-[ I didn't run the .bin file and agree to SUN's conditions... Onto the next issue. Now I have run yum and enabled the repository jpackage.repo. Next onto the install, everything goes ok, dependencies are resolved, and then Package jdk-1_5_0_14-linux-i586.rpm is not signed What

Fundamentals of Free Software...

2008-01-27 Thread Alex Hewitt
I saw an abbreviated version of this article in ComputerWorld magazine. Here is the URL of the full article entitled: QA: Open-source backer Eben Moglen says software a 'renewable' resource at: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasicarticleId=9050379pageNumber=1

Re: Simple way to update java on FC6?

2008-01-27 Thread Bruce Labitt
Ben Scott wrote: On Jan 27, 2008 5:22 PM, Bruce Labitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Package jdk-1_5_0_14-linux-i586.rpm is not signed If you can track down the GPG key for the repository source, you can add it to the trusted keys for your system with: rpm --import