[SLUG] Java installation Fedora Core 6 question

[John Allsopp]

Cool, thanks.

J

Ross Kendall wrote:
> Hi John,
> 
> GCJ is not a full Java implementation and the Sun Java is required for 
> nearly all but the most basic java software.  Go ahead and install the 
> Sun Java, it will probably come in handy for running something else in 
> the future, and it shouldn't cause any problems.
> 
> The reason why FC6 doesn't  come with Sun's Java is because it is 
> classed as 'non-free' software (political and licencing reasons, not 
> technical ones).
> 
> Hope that helps,
> Ross.
> 
> John Allsopp wrote:
>> Hello everybody peeps
>>
>> I've downloaded some software that works on all platforms because it's 
>> Java.
>>
>> But Fedora Core 6 has GCJ.
>>
>> The software doesn't work under that.
>>
>> Their tech support says this:
>>
>> Secondly, here's how to fix the Linux problem.
>> They don't have Sun Java installed in Fedora core 6.  The Java they have
>> installed is GCJ, which does not implement all of the user interface 
>> classes.
>> So, you have to install Sun Java, and then the alternatives system in 
>> Fedora Core 6. The simple way to get around this is to just change the 
>> symbolic links for the Java command (located in /user/bin/java) to 
>> point at the new install of Sun Java.
>>
>> I just wanted your opinions before I actually do that.
>>
>> I presume there's a reason Fed uses GCJ, whatever that is. Won't me 
>> pointing the symbolic links to Java to a completely different Java 
>> system just break everything?
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>> Cheers
>> J