How to install jEdit on Fedora Core 3
Submitted by Monday, 6 December, 2004 - 07:46
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If anyone is trying to install jEdit on Fedora Core 3, here's how you can hopefully avoid problems:
Go to jpackage.org and follow the instructions for setting up yum or apt (or even synaptic) to look for the jpacakge repositories (i.e. one of the mirrors). Be sure to include both the General and Fedora Core 3 repository entries, or you'll be missing way too many packages.
Install Java if you haven't already; I recommend the J2SE Software Development Kit (SDK) at:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html
(Presumably another brand of Java, besides Sun, would work; this is the only one I've tried.)
This next step is important: using yum or apt(/synaptic) with the jpackage repository, download the package "java-1.4.2-sun-compat". If you don't do this, jEdit (or other packages downloaded through jpackage) may not work. (Apparently it's necessary to get the Sun installation of Java to talk to jpackage packages, such as jEdit.)
Then, download jEdit with yum or apt ("yum install jedit" or "apt-get install jedit").
Anyway, that worked for me. It took me forever to figure out the java-1.4.2-sun-compat thing, without which I could install jEdit but not launch it. Credit for that tip goes to:
http://www.spindazzle.org/green/index.php?p=24
Hope this helps! Feel free to add any additional tips or corrections.
Go to jpackage.org and follow the instructions for setting up yum or apt (or even synaptic) to look for the jpacakge repositories (i.e. one of the mirrors). Be sure to include both the General and Fedora Core 3 repository entries, or you'll be missing way too many packages.
Install Java if you haven't already; I recommend the J2SE Software Development Kit (SDK) at:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html
(Presumably another brand of Java, besides Sun, would work; this is the only one I've tried.)
This next step is important: using yum or apt(/synaptic) with the jpackage repository, download the package "java-1.4.2-sun-compat". If you don't do this, jEdit (or other packages downloaded through jpackage) may not work. (Apparently it's necessary to get the Sun installation of Java to talk to jpackage packages, such as jEdit.)
Then, download jEdit with yum or apt ("yum install jedit" or "apt-get install jedit").
Anyway, that worked for me. It took me forever to figure out the java-1.4.2-sun-compat thing, without which I could install jEdit but not launch it. Credit for that tip goes to:
http://www.spindazzle.org/green/index.php?p=24
Hope this helps! Feel free to add any additional tips or corrections.