[opensuse] Using Sun's Java 1.6.0 JRE
The JRE nowinstalled in my OS v11.1 is java-1_6_0-openjdk. There is some suspicion that this release lacks a feature that is preventing me from Making my JAlbum photo album, so I am thinking of replacing this JRE with java-1_6_0-sun, which appears in the YaST software management list. I would have thought that this would be as easy as uninstalling the existing JRE and installing Sun's. But I find the following page: http://en.opensuse.org/Installing_Sun%27s_Java_on_SUSE_Linux#Switching_betwe... which contains the following sentence: ***** Because of licensing issues Sun's Java Edition can not be included on the CDs of the download edition of openSUSE. ***** and gives a "quick guide" for installing it. This is not an obsolete page (it even mentions openSuSE v11.1). How can I reconcile the sentence above with the presence of the rpm for the Sun release? -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Am Di 14 Jul 2009 21:20:36 CEST schrieb Stan Goodman
The JRE nowinstalled in my OS v11.1 is java-1_6_0-openjdk. There is some suspicion that this release lacks a feature that is preventing me from Making my JAlbum photo album, so I am thinking of replacing this JRE with java-1_6_0-sun, which appears in the YaST software management list.
I would have thought that this would be as easy as uninstalling the existing JRE and installing Sun's. But I find the following page:
http://en.opensuse.org/Installing_Sun%27s_Java_on_SUSE_Linux#Switching_betwe...
which contains the following sentence:
***** Because of licensing issues Sun's Java Edition can not be included on the CDs of the download edition of openSUSE. *****
and gives a "quick guide" for installing it. This is not an obsolete page (it even mentions openSuSE v11.1). How can I reconcile the sentence above with the presence of the rpm for the Sun release?
It wasn't on the "CDs of the download edition of openSUSE". It is in the Non-Free repository. The java version in the 11.1 GM Non-Free repo is taken from https://jdk-distros.dev.java.net/developer.html and redistributed under the DLJ: http://download.java.net/dlj/DLJ-v1.1.txt http://download.java.net/dlj/DLJ-FAQ.txt HTH Ciaran
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Ciaran Farrell
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Stan Goodman