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On Sun, 2010-08-29 at 18:49 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: > On 29/08/10 18:21, kevin wrote: > > Hi all > > I have been building a New pc to replace the main machine in the Shop > > > > I had Fedora 8 running for 4 years with very few problems... > > but now it's time to move on so after trying and failing with Fedora 13 > > ( unlucky for some!) I have gone with Mint 9. So far I have all I need > > apart from 2 things > > > > 1 is Java! I need Sun jre and cant get Alternatives to move to the new > > jre. It lists the two but when selecting sun it still has Java SE > > Runtine and not java-6-sun !:( > > Just had a look on Ubuntu, can't find Sun Java in there. Did a bit more > searching... > > There is default-jre and openjdk-6-jre and if you enable the partner > repository then you can use sun-java6-jre, sun-java6-plugin etc. > > http://tinyurl.com/2v2bsca Ive got as far as geting the sun Java and if I do this shop@shop1 ~ $ sudo update-java-alternatives -v -s java-6-sun resetting java alternatives update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/appletviewer to provide /usr/bin/appletviewer (appletviewer) in auto mode. in verbose mode it gives about 100 lines of similar for each java thingy then ends with update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so to provide /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so (mozilla-javaplugin.so) in manual mode. shop@shop1 ~ $ sudo java -version java version "1.6.0_20" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_20-b02) Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 16.3-b01, mixed mode) how is this ? after update and all these statements of replacing one with the other it still uses the old JRE ? I may just try and remove SE Runtime and see what happens then > > I'd guess there is a similar repository on Linux Mint too. > > > > > > 2 and more pressing is Glables. I use this for my Shop shelf labels > > > > <snip> > > Do you mean GLabels? yse Dixlexci. Ive used wget got glabels and the data part and used dpkg ( for the first time) and now have Glabels! Thanks :) > > That's in the Ubuntu Universe repositories so it should be in the Mint > repositories too. Sounds like you'll need to enable the equivalent > repository in Mint. > > Rob > Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) Ten Years in the Making! www.minionsbandb.co.uk www.tearooms.minionsbandb.co.uk Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq