RedHat 8 and Blackdown Java

Crashed_Again · 04-05-2003, 03:54 PM

I don't know what to tell you anymore. Have you tried it with the java plugin from sun.com? I don't know anything about this Blackdown java version.

MarcRJacobs · 04-05-2003, 03:58 PM

It's funny you mentioned this. I was beginning to believe the plugin was bad, so I just downloaded the sun 1.4.1.02 sdk. Wow, 40 megs. I'm goning to delete blackdown and try suns. Thanks for all your help.

macewan · 04-06-2003, 07:40 PM

you'll need to stick with blackdown. don't erase it just yet.

http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/whichjava.html

MarcRJacobs · 04-11-2003, 12:23 PM

Ok, back to square one.

I uninstalled Blackdown jre-1.4.1-01-linux-i586-gcc3.2.bin, the latest release. I upgraded to Red Hat 9, but did not install RedHat's Mozilla, since I was already on 1.3. The upgrade went smooth.

Tried to re-install Blackdown. It went smooth, but now the Java Web Start will not install, and I still have no browser support.

Has anyone gotten Blackdown to work in RedHat 8 or 9, or is it just a faulty product?

Thanks

rmartine · 04-11-2003, 12:35 PM

Yeah.. I've preferred Blackdown's version over Sun's for a LONG time. I've used it with Konqueror 3.03, Mozilla (almost all of 'em), and Galeon 1.2.9 on my RedHat 8.0 box.

Good Luck

MarcRJacobs · 04-11-2003, 01:06 PM

Ok!

A ways back in this thread nakkaya sent me a url for http://members.shaw.ca/trollking/linux.html. I just went there, and low and behold, DETAILED instructions on installing Sun's SDK. I tried it, and with RedHat 9, Mozilla 1.3 and Evolution 1.2.4 ALL is working great.

Just goes to show, if you want Java, go to the source (Sun).

Thanks nakkaya!

nakkaya · 04-11-2003, 02:38 PM

you are welcome np