[SOLVED] Dependency problems Sun JDK, OpenJDK and Soprano

Question

Hi there,
as I need the Sun JDK for programming, I wanted to replace OpenJDK with SunJDK. Here's what's happening:
schorsch@archie:~$ sudo pacman -S jdk
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
:: jdk conflicts with openjdk6. Remove openjdk6? [Y/n] Y
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: jdk: requires jre
:: soprano: requires openjdk6
schorsch@archie:~$
What's the proper way to do this? Should I avoid having more than one java version installed on my machine? I guess so...
I'm doing quite a bit of java development and sometimes really need the latest Sun Java.
TIA,
Blackhole
Last edited by blackhole (2009-02-18 18:56:53)

Answer 1

Okay guys, I did a "pacman -Rd openjdk6 && pacman -S jdk" which worked fine:
schorsch@archie:~$ java -version
java version "1.6.0_11"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_11-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 11.0-b16, mixed mode)
schorsch@archie:~$
However when I use Konqueror and go to http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml in order to test my java version, it doesn't work.
More precisely the applet is not displayed at all. When I go to the Konqueror settings and to "Java & JavaScript", tick the checkbox "Use KIO" and refresh the page. I at least get a big gray square where the applet should be.
Do I have to install any additional java plugin? Is anybody out there using Konqueror with the Sun Jre?
//Edit: I've come across this: http://www.konqueror.org/javahowto/ but I was wondering whether this is already included in some Arch package. I don't wanna fiddle manually if there's a proper Arch way to do things.
TIA,
Blackhole
Last edited by blackhole (2009-02-18 13:58:17)