[KLUG Members] Java install question

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> > >>Can someone explain this message I received and what I need to do?
> > >>[root at 192 ericb]# urpmi java-1.4.2-sun-compat
> > >>Some package requested cannot be installed:
> > >>java-1.4.2-sun-compat-1.4.2.05-2jpp.noarch (due to unsatisfied j2sdk[==
> > >>2000:1.4 .2_05-fcs])
> > > (Continued--this is my main concern right now:)
> > >>From COnsole:
> > > [root at 192 ericb]# urpmi j2re
> > > Everything already installed
> > > I want to be sure I have Java runtime environment 1.4 installed.  Is
> > > this message telling me I do? Or how can I tell which runtime is
> > > installed?

There is a pane in the options dialog about Java.

> > The Java runtime environment (j2re) is different than the SDK (j2sdk),
> > and it looks like the SDK is a unmet dependency for java-1.4.2-sun-compat.
> > Try installing j2sdk -- not sure what the exact name would be.
> One way or another (things I thought should work didn't) I've got the
> sdk installed and actually compiled and ran the "Hello World!" program.
> Now I are a Java developer!!

Congratulations!  We expect revolutionary new beans and JNDI plugins
sometime next week.

> I assume this ensures that I have the runtime I need with OO.o2

Probably.

> Now I want to install OpenOffice 2. 
> I have used the mandrake system config tool to uninstall OpenOffice, but
> there are still OO directories and files scattered about (maybe just
> in /home/ericb--a quick look didn't show any others, but there might
> be). Do I need to delete all of those before the new install?

The ones in home should be fine,  a newer OOo will just upgrade them for
you, or ignore them.

> I have downloaded the tarball. Does it matter where I unpack the tarball
> or will the rpm create the right directories and install things in the
> right place?

Is this a source or binary tarball?