Re: Safe to install Oracle Java 1.8?

2015-01-31 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 12:25 PM, Denice wrote: > On Sat, 31 Jan 2015, Taylor Braun-Jones wrote: > >> On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 2:55 PM, hansel wrote: >> Appreciate the feedback. However, my searching (14 registered >> repositories, RHEL and SL documents, RHEL/SL 6 releases of java >>

Re: Safe to install Oracle Java 1.8?

2015-01-31 Thread Denice
On Sat, 31 Jan 2015, Taylor Braun-Jones wrote: On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 2:55 PM, hansel wrote: Appreciate the feedback. However, my searching (14 registered repositories, RHEL and SL documents, RHEL/SL 6 releases of java 1.8 and security updates) finds no SL 7 supported rpm for

Re: Safe to install Oracle Java 1.8?

2015-01-31 Thread Taylor Braun-Jones
On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 2:55 PM, hansel wrote: > Appreciate the feedback. However, my searching (14 registered > repositories, RHEL and SL documents, RHEL/SL 6 releases of java 1.8 and > security updates) finds no SL 7 supported rpm for java 1.8. > I just downloaded the jdk-8u31-linux-x64.rpm pa

Re: Safe to install Oracle Java 1.8?

2015-01-31 Thread Jaroslaw Polok
Hi all, >> source code, it just bundles up the binaries with *yet another* >> wrapper. > > Of course. But that's expected, no other version could possibly exists > if we are talking about Oracle JDK. > Yes, it is the old jpackage wrapper (modified), and that wrapper actually packages these in a

Re: Safe to install Oracle Java 1.8?

2015-01-31 Thread Vladimir Mosgalin
Hi Nico Kadel-Garcia! On 2015.01.31 at 08:10:39 -0500, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote next: > > You can get srpm here, for example: > > http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/cern/slc6X/x86_64/updates/SRPMS/java-1.8.0-oracle-1.8.0.25-3.0.slc6.src.rpm > > Near as I can tell, JPackage has been dead for about five ye

Re: Safe to install Oracle Java 1.8?

2015-01-31 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 6:55 AM, Vladimir Mosgalin wrote: > Hi hansel! > > On 2015.01.30 at 14:55:52 -0500, hansel wrote next: > >> Appreciate the feedback. However, my searching (14 registered repositories, >> RHEL and SL documents, RHEL/SL 6 releases of java 1.8 and security updates) >> finds n

Re: Safe to install Oracle Java 1.8?

2015-01-31 Thread Vladimir Mosgalin
Hi hansel! On 2015.01.30 at 14:55:52 -0500, hansel wrote next: > Appreciate the feedback. However, my searching (14 registered repositories, > RHEL and SL documents, RHEL/SL 6 releases of java 1.8 and security updates) > finds no SL 7 supported rpm for java 1.8. > > So, does RHEL/SL 6 java 1.8

Re: Safe to install Oracle Java 1.8?

2015-01-30 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On 30 January 2015 at 19:30, Steven Haigh wrote: > On 31/01/15 03:44, Vladimir Mosgalin wrote: > > Hi hansel! > > > > On 2015.01.29 at 19:30:33 -0500, hansel wrote next: > > > >> If I download the Oracle rpm for 1.8, do the necessary links in > >> /etc/alternatives, remove Open JDK 1.7 and make

Re: Safe to install Oracle Java 1.8?

2015-01-30 Thread Steven Haigh
On 31/01/15 13:30, Steven Haigh wrote: > On 31/01/15 03:44, Vladimir Mosgalin wrote: >> Hi hansel! >> >> On 2015.01.29 at 19:30:33 -0500, hansel wrote next: >> >>> If I download the Oracle rpm for 1.8, do the necessary links in >>> /etc/alternatives, remove Open JDK 1.7 and make sure the enviromen

Re: Safe to install Oracle Java 1.8?

2015-01-30 Thread Steven Haigh
On 31/01/15 03:44, Vladimir Mosgalin wrote: > Hi hansel! > > On 2015.01.29 at 19:30:33 -0500, hansel wrote next: > >> If I download the Oracle rpm for 1.8, do the necessary links in >> /etc/alternatives, remove Open JDK 1.7 and make sure the enviroment >> variables are correct, do I avoid crashe

Re: Safe to install Oracle Java 1.8?

2015-01-30 Thread hansel
Taylor, et al, Appreciate the feedback. However, my searching (14 registered repositories, RHEL and SL documents, RHEL/SL 6 releases of java 1.8 and security updates) finds no SL 7 supported rpm for java 1.8. So, does RHEL/SL 6 java 1.8 release work on SL 7 or has it been packaged for RHEL/S

Re: Safe to install Oracle Java 1.8?

2015-01-30 Thread Vladimir Mosgalin
Hi hansel! On 2015.01.29 at 19:30:33 -0500, hansel wrote next: > If I download the Oracle rpm for 1.8, do the necessary links in > /etc/alternatives, remove Open JDK 1.7 and make sure the enviroment > variables are correct, do I avoid crashes (or silent errors) -- to the > best > of more experie

Re: Safe to install Oracle Java 1.8?

2015-01-30 Thread Taylor Braun-Jones
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 11:10 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > Name 2. > Why two? If one critical application doesn't work without Oracle Java, then I'm going to install Oracle Java to get it working. For me that application is WebEx meetings. Feel free to try for yourself though. I'd love to be p

Re: Safe to install Oracle Java 1.8?

2015-01-30 Thread Vladimir Mosgalin
Hi Nico Kadel-Garcia! On 2015.01.29 at 23:10:40 -0500, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote next: > > > > These are not exactly the same as Oracle Java and, unfortunately, some Java > > applications only work with Oracle Java. > > Name 2. Seriously: I've heard this again and again since Java 1.4? > I've

Re: Safe to install Oracle Java 1.8?

2015-01-29 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 9:14 PM, Taylor Braun-Jones wrote: > On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 8:53 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: >> >> On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 7:30 PM, hansel wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > If I download the Oracle rpm for 1.8, do the necessary links in >> > /etc/alternatives, remove Open JDK 1

Re: Safe to install Oracle Java 1.8?

2015-01-29 Thread Taylor Braun-Jones
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 8:53 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 7:30 PM, hansel wrote: > > Hi, > > > > If I download the Oracle rpm for 1.8, do the necessary links in > > /etc/alternatives, remove Open JDK 1.7 and make sure the enviroment > > variables are correct, do I avoid

Re: Safe to install Oracle Java 1.8?

2015-01-29 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 7:30 PM, hansel wrote: > Hi, > > If I download the Oracle rpm for 1.8, do the necessary links in > /etc/alternatives, remove Open JDK 1.7 and make sure the enviroment > variables are correct, do I avoid crashes (or silent errors) -- to the best > of more experienced SL user

Safe to install Oracle Java 1.8?

2015-01-29 Thread hansel
Hi, If I download the Oracle rpm for 1.8, do the necessary links in /etc/alternatives, remove Open JDK 1.7 and make sure the enviroment variables are correct, do I avoid crashes (or silent errors) -- to the best of more experienced SL users' knowledge, of course? Some of what I do depends on