[Gllug] Fedora and JPackage

[Richard Turner]

Hi,

I'd like to know what people's views are on using the JPackage repo,
specifically with Fedora, as opposed to manually installing Java related
software. It appears that Fedora is set-up to support JPackage fairly
well, but is it really wise to use a package repo rather than installing
Java software to somewhere encapsulated like /opt/java?

What are the pros and cons of each method?

On a narrower spectrum, does anyone have any experience of configuring
and running a development installation of APLAWS+ using a JDK and Tomcat
from JPackage? My first attempt at that was a failure but I think it's
because I didn't really understand my Tomcat installation; a side-effect
of being able to use a JPackage RPM instead of doing a manual
installation.

All thoughts and opinions gratefully received! ;)

Cheers,

Richard.
-- 
"Racing turtles, the grapefruit is winning..."

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