Re: [CentOS] Oracle java RPM

2015-09-07 Thread John R Pierce
On 9/4/2015 12:13 PM, Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote: Hi Everyone, Years ago the recommended way to install Sun's java was to install from the tar.gz file because the RPM they supplied did some bad things (clobbered other files or something...can't remember the details). Is this still the case with

Re: [CentOS] Oracle java RPM

2015-09-06 Thread Sorin Srbu
> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > Behalf Of Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu > Sent: den 4 september 2015 21:22 > To: centos@centos.org > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Oracle java RPM > > On Fri, 2015-09-04 at 16:16 -0300, I

Re: [CentOS] Oracle java RPM

2015-09-05 Thread Jonathan Billings
On Sep 4, 2015, at 4:57 PM, Keith Keller wrote: > I've been using the Oracle RPMs. From what I can tell they restrict > their writes to /usr/java (plus making symlinks in /usr/bin). Does it use the ‘alternatives’ system for the symlinks in /usr/bin? You can check quickly by looking at where t

Re: [CentOS] Oracle java RPM

2015-09-04 Thread Alice Wonder
I use this : http://awel.domblogger.net/7/special/repoview/oracle-java-jdk.html It's a nosrc.rpm that makes an rpm from the x64 binary tarball. You have to update the spec file for the actual version being used. I don't know if it is the right solution for everyone but it meets my needs just

Re: [CentOS] Oracle java RPM

2015-09-04 Thread Keith Keller
On 2015-09-04, Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote: > > Years ago the recommended way to install Sun's java was to install from > the tar.gz file because the RPM they supplied did some bad things > (clobbered other files or something...can't remember the details). Is > this still the case with Oracle's jav

Re: [CentOS] Oracle java RPM

2015-09-04 Thread Jonathan Billings
On Fri, Sep 04, 2015 at 03:13:45PM -0400, Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote: > Years ago the recommended way to install Sun's java was to install from > the tar.gz file because the RPM they supplied did some bad things > (clobbered other files or something...can't remember the details). Is > this still th

Re: [CentOS] Oracle java RPM

2015-09-04 Thread Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu
On Fri, 2015-09-04 at 16:16 -0300, Itamar Reis Peixoto wrote: > jailed in a docker is safe to install, Cool, but it doesn't really answer my question. :P -- Kanwar R.S. Sandhu ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailm

Re: [CentOS] Oracle java RPM

2015-09-04 Thread Itamar Reis Peixoto
On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 4:13 PM, Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > Years ago the recommended way to install Sun's java was to install from > the tar.gz file because the RPM they supplied did some bad things > (clobbered other files or something...can't remember the details). Is > this