Carlos E. R. wrote:
I just noticed there are two version of java in SuSE 9.3. Why? I have the 1_4_2 version installed, ¿should I install 1_5 instead?
I believe Sun recommends upgrading. Whatever version I have currently installed in SuSE 9.0, obtained directly from Sun, fails Sun's own javascript tests (I forget the URL they provide for that).
Also, the new version has other packages, like java-1_5_0-sun-alsa and java-1_5_0-sun-jdbc, that do not exist in the previous version. The description for all rpms is exactly the same, so I can't know what they are for.
Refer to the corresponding 1.4.2 packages; their package titles should provide sufficient description to enable you to choose the 1.5 packages you want/need. You could select everything else that you want to install, then go back and see which Java packages have been automatically selected because of dependencies. Then decide if you want 1.4 or 1.5, and make any necessary adjustments. If you do any java development, you'll need to install the SDK as well. In the packages Sun provides, the SDK does contain the runtime environment as well, but I do not know about these packages SuSE has prepared. You would need to check the dependencies for that.