How to setup Sun's Java JDK on Fedora 8
Download the Linux Platform - Java SE Development Kit 6 Update 3 from java.sun.com and install it. - Help I can't find it Make sure that you have version 1.7+ of the jpackage utilities installed, then download and install the JPackage sun-compat RPM (this handles your alternatives) from jpackage.org. # rpm -qa | grep jpackage jpackage-utils-1.7.3-1jpp.3.fc8 java-1.6.0-sun-compat-1.6.0.03-1jpp.i586.rpm - Help I can't find it Yum download and install compat-libstdc++-33 - (The browser plugin will not work without this) yum install compat-libstdc++-33 Fix the Xinerama bug by updating libxcb to version 1.0-4 or later - (The browser plugin will not work without this) yum update libxcb