Can someone give me instructions to configure the java compiler in Fedora 5?
I tried all the instructions with the .bin and .rpm.bin files and I didn't managed anything.. I tried the gcj and I get the following error:
/usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/4.1.1/../../../crt1.o: In function `_start':
(.text+0x18): undefined reference to `main'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
and as far as I know the javacc is not a compiler...
Just download the RPM version of the JDK from Sun. You run that, it outputs an RPM file, and you install the RPM.
After that, you'll just have to change links in /etc/alternatives to tell Fedora that you want the java and javac (?) links in there to point to the java executables in your new installation at /usr/java. Or, you could just put the JDK ahead of everything else in your PATH.
Hopefully, once the fully-GPL'ed version of the JDK comes out, this won't be such a goat-rope in the future.
> When I'm trying to run the bin file there is an error
> message saying that this file is corrupted... another
> way?
No idea. It's probably just a corrupt file, and you need to download it again.
> I think the only one left is Eclipse...
Eclipse also requires a java compiler on the path, unless you use the native version that comes with Fedora (which also uses GCJ).
