--- title: "Running Elluminate Live! on RHEL 6" id: "2002" type: "post" slug: "running-elluminate-live-on-rhel-6" published_at: "2011-02-21T14:22:06+00:00" modified_at: "2014-04-12T20:35:35+00:00" url: "https://johnpoelstra.com/running-elluminate-live-on-rhel-6/" markdown_url: "https://johnpoelstra.com/running-elluminate-live-on-rhel-6.md" excerpt: "I’m continuing to run RHEL 6 on my laptop and encountered a recent challenge getting a Java based collaboration tool called Elluminate Live! (now known as Blackboard Collaborate) to run on it. The necessary package is installed by default in......" taxonomy_category: - "Productivity" - "Software & Technology" taxonomy_post_tag: - "config" - "Linux" - "RHEL" - "snippet" --- [Skip to the content](#site-content) [John Poelstra](https://johnpoelstra.com) ### Bringing order to chaos and clarity to confusion - [One Conversation](https://johnpoelstra.com/) - [Podcast](https://johnpoelstra.com/category/podcast/) - [About](https://johnpoelstra.com/about/) Toggle search field - [One Conversation](https://johnpoelstra.com/) - [Podcast](https://johnpoelstra.com/category/podcast/) - [About](https://johnpoelstra.com/about/) # [Running Elluminate Live! on RHEL 6](https://johnpoelstra.com/running-elluminate-live-on-rhel-6/) I’m continuing to run RHEL 6 on my laptop and encountered a recent challenge getting a Java based collaboration tool called [Elluminate Live!](https://www.elluminate.com) (now known as Blackboard Collaborate) to run on it. The necessary package is installed by default in Fedora and it ran fine there so I never paid much attention. This took way longer to figure out than I thought it should so here is the bottom line: If you are using the version of Java that comes by default in RHEL 6.0 you need the ***java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin*** found in the “Optional” channel on RHN (or in RHEL6.1 and thereafter ***icetea-web***). If you’re running RHEL 6.0, java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin is unavailable. I logged [bug 678806](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678806) . ``` [root@localhost ~]# yum install java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin Setting up Install Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin.x86_64 1:1.6.0.0-1.21.b17.el6 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: java-1.6.0-openjdk = 1:1.6.0.0-1.21.b17.el6 for package: 1:java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin-1.6.0.0-1.21.b17.el6.x86_64 --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Package: 1:java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin-1.6.0.0-1.21.b17.el6.x86_64 (rhel-x86_64-workstation-optional-6) Requires: java-1.6.0-openjdk = 1:1.6.0.0-1.21.b17.el6 Installed: 1:java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.39.b17.el6_0.x86_64 (@rhel-x86_64-workstation-6) java-1.6.0-openjdk = 1:1.6.0.0-1.39.b17.el6_0 Available: 1:java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.21.b17.el6.x86_64 (rhel-x86_64-workstation-6) java-1.6.0-openjdk = 1:1.6.0.0-1.21.b17.el6 Available: 1:java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.31.b17.el6_0.x86_64 (rhel-x86_64-workstation-6) java-1.6.0-openjdk = 1:1.6.0.0-1.31.b17.el6_0 Available: 1:java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.x86_64 (rhel-x86_64-workstation-6) java-1.6.0-openjdk = 1:1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0 You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest ``` **Update**: 2011-03-29. It turns out the latest available openjdk package which fixed some security issues did not contain a new openjdk-plugin and thus the reason for the problem above. If you are on RHEL 6.0 there is no current work-around except to try a different java jdk like Sun or IBM–also available on RHN. In the RHEL 6.1 Beta and thereafter things should install fine. ``` $ su -c 'yum install icetea-web' ``` To get access to the public beta of RHEL6.1 enable the RHEL 6 beta channels for your system in RHN. #### John Poelstra [Author archive](https://johnpoelstra.com/author/john-poelstra/) February 21, 2011 [Productivity](https://johnpoelstra.com/category/productivity/) , [Software & Technology](https://johnpoelstra.com/category/software/) [config](https://johnpoelstra.com/tag/config/) , [Linux](https://johnpoelstra.com/tag/linux/) , [RHEL](https://johnpoelstra.com/tag/rhel/) , [snippet](https://johnpoelstra.com/tag/snippet/) [Previous post](https://johnpoelstra.com/fedora-problems-or-complaints/) [Next post](https://johnpoelstra.com/gnome-power-management-goes-too-far/) ## 1 Comment ## [Add yours](#respond) 1. [Bruce Marshak](http://www.swpc.noaa.gov) [June 3, 2011 at 4:41 pm](https://johnpoelstra.com/running-elluminate-live-on-rhel-6/#comment-916) [Reply](#comment-916) John, The new package is icedtea-web. If you request to install java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin, you automatically get the icedtea-web. Thanks so much for the help! 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