[nflug] JRE in FC6 amd64 won't work

[matt donovan]

to install local packages you would have to use dpkg in a debian-based
system.

On 11/29/06, Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> wrote:
>
> default wrote:
> > To make a long story short, I reformatted my ext3fs partition and
> > installed FC6 x86_64 from scratch.  Everything that I want to work
> > works now, except for jre, which ironically did before.  I was even
> > able to use the Blackdown jre for Firefox and Seamonkey, and the Java
> > RPM for Opera.  (No 64-bit Opera AFAIK.)
> >
> > I'm trying 2 approaches.
> >
> > The first is downloading and running the Blackdown binary.  It
> > installs fine, I can link the plugin to Firefox and Seamonkey, etc.,
> > etc., but when I go to a Java page (the Verify Installation page at
> > java.com, for example), the browser exits.  I thought I'd pull a slick
> > one and start the browser from a terminal and see debug info - no such
> > luck.  HOWEVER, I got this when I tried to open ControlPanel.html:
> >
> > [stay at rest ~]# seamonkey /usr/lib64/j2re1.4.2/ControlPanel.html
> > *** encoders
> > math1mono -> x-mathematica1
> > math4mono-bold -> x-mathematica4
> > math4 -> x-mathematica4
> > math5 -> x-mathematica5
> > math3mono-bold -> x-mathematica3
> > cmex10 -> x-ttf-cmex
> > math2mono-bold -> x-mathematica2
> > math5bold -> x-mathematica5
> > math1mono-bold -> x-mathematica1
> > mtextra -> x-mtextra
> > cmsy10 -> x-ttf-cmsy
> > math4mono -> x-mathematica4
> > math2mono -> x-mathematica2
> > math1-bold -> x-mathematica1
> > cmr10 -> x-ttf-cmr
> > math2-bold -> x-mathematica2
> > math3-bold -> x-mathematica3
> > math1 -> x-mathematica1
> > math5monobold -> x-mathematica5
> > math4-bold -> x-mathematica4
> > math5mono -> x-mathematica5
> > math2 -> x-mathematica2
> > math5mono-bold -> x-mathematica5
> > cmmi10 -> x-ttf-cmmi
> > math5-bold -> x-mathematica5
> > math3 -> x-mathematica3
> > math3mono -> x-mathematica3
> > *** cmaps
> > math4 -> mac_roman
> > math1mono -> mac_roman
> > math4mono-bold -> mac_roman
> > math3mono-bold -> mac_roman
> > math5 -> mac_roman
> > math2mono-bold -> mac_roman
> > math5bold -> mac_roman
> > cmex10 -> unicode
> > mtextra -> mac_roman
> > math1mono-bold -> mac_roman
> > math4mono -> mac_roman
> > cmsy10 -> unicode
> > math2mono -> mac_roman
> > math1-bold -> mac_roman
> > math2-bold -> mac_roman
> > cmr10 -> unicode
> > math3-bold -> mac_roman
> > math5monobold -> mac_roman
> > math1 -> mac_roman
> > math5mono -> mac_roman
> > math2 -> mac_roman
> > math4-bold -> mac_roman
> > math3 -> mac_roman
> > math5-bold -> mac_roman
> > math5mono-bold -> mac_roman
> > cmmi10 -> unicode
> > math3mono -> mac_roman
> > Java process: caught exception from sun.plugin.navig.motif.Plugin.start
> > Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError:
> > /usr/lib64/j2re1.4.2/lib/amd64/libawt.so: libXp.so.6: cannot open
> > shared object file: No such file or directory
> >         at java.lang.ClassLoader$NativeLibrary.load(Native Method)
> >         at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary0(Unknown Source)
> >         at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(Unknown Source)
> >         at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Unknown Source)
> >         at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(Unknown Source)
> >         at sun.security.action.LoadLibraryAction.run(Unknown Source)
> >         at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
> >         at java.awt.Toolkit.loadLibraries(Unknown Source)
> >         at java.awt.Toolkit.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
> >         at java.awt.Color.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
> >         at sun.plugin.navig.motif.Plugin.start(Unknown Source)
> > INTERNAL ERROR on Browser End: Could not read ack from child process
> > System error?:: Zasoby chwilowo niedostępne
> > *(translation: resources temporarily unavailable)
> > I pretty sure I'm missing something, but what?  xorg stuff? fonts?
> >
> > The other approach, which I frankly prefer, is RPMing jre from
> > java.com.  Can you say RPM hell?  (Can I somehow use yum to install
> > local RPMs?)
> >
> > (Actually, the approach I really prefer is the one that works.  RPMing
> > just makes it easier to manage.  Plus, the RPM is more current than
> > the Blackdown binary.)
> >
> > I'm sure I'm missing key info needed to properly evaluate this.  It's
> > late.  I have other things on my mind.
> >
> > I'm not necessarily looking for THE answer.  A hint will do.  In fact,
> > it has more potential to teach me.  I've come to a dead end, it seems,
> > one which Google doesn't seem to be able to resolve.  Any bone thrown
> > my way will be much appreciated, and I will happily share the solution
> > when (and not, I confidently aver, if) I figure it out, once I pause
> > dancing around the floor like Homer Simpson when he found out he
> > didn't have to be the union boss anymore.
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> I think apt-get totally kicks yum's butt however yum does have a handy
> option that I have not found a similar option in apt-get and that is to
> use it against a local package. "yum localinstall packagename" will do
> what you want and get whatever the requirements are the package depends
> on. I have never tried it but I would imagine apt-get would work the
> same way as long as you put the *.deb (or rpm for that matter) in the
> local archive so it could find it, just might work. However, with yum's
> localinstall option, you simple need the path to the local file.
>
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