Sorry, I don't follow - which version is currently installed, and does the vendor really need java-1.4.2-sun-compat or would just the plain JRE do? I definitely wouldn't remove the contents of the /usr/java/jdkVersion that you configured the middleware with, which is what it looks below that yum plans to do - if that helps! Thanks Henry On Thu, 16 Oct 2008, Winnie Lacesso wrote: > In installing gLite3.1 on SL4, java-1.4.2-sun-compat had to be removed. > > To try debug our 16-bay Transtec RAID array problems, vendor > requires java-1.4.2 to be installed to run some getconfig tool. > > Installing java-1.4.2-sun-compat also wants to install > > java-1.5.0-sun-compat noarch 1.5.0.16-1.1.sl.jpp sl-errata 45 k > jdk i586 2000:1.5.0_16-fcs sl-errata 46 M > > Is it safe to do? Don't want to interfere with gLite3.1 SE software. > > Very grateful for advice, > > winnie l / brizzle -- Dr. Henry Nebrensky [log in to unmask] http://people.brunel.ac.uk/~eesrjjn "The opossum is a very sophisticated animal. It doesn't even get up until 5 or 6 p.m."