[nflug] JRE in FC6 amd64 won't work

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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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