From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Amin" Subject: RE: JEdit install Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 13:35:00 +0600 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: References: <4147DDF5.8000601@pobox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4147DDF5.8000601@pobox.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org > [mailto:linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Adam > Boettiger > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 12:15 PM > To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org > Subject: JEdit install > > I'd like to install and use jedit on Fedora Core 2. > > I understand that it requires that java be installed first. > When I yum for either java or jedit, neither package is found. > > I went to Sun's site to get java but it was too confusing for > a newbie. Can anyone explain how to install these packages > from the command line in Fedora Core 2? People have packaged Java for installation with yum, but you'll have to add their third-party repositories to your yum configuration file (/etc/yum.conf) to get those packages. I would recommend that you go to java.com (not java.sun.com), click the big `Get It Now' link, and enjoy. HTH, -- Yawar - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs