JDK 6 dependency problem with RPM installation of JBoss EAP 6

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Issue

  • Trying to install JBoss EAP6 using RPMs and following the instructions in the installation guide, we can run:
    yum groupinstall jboss-eap6

However the game of dependencies requires a user to install packages, which are notably including Java 6 (java-1.6.0-openjdk)packages.
We already have java-1.7.0-openjdk installed on the system and we want to use it, not any other Java version or flavour.
Why do we have to use other Java version instead of java-1.7.0-openjdk when install EAP6 using RPMs?

Maybe it has to do with the fact that this command:
yum provides java
does not find OpenJDK7 (while it finds IBM JDK7 or OpenJDK6 or many others).

Hence, having the RPM for java-1.7.0-openjdk providing the 'java' features/resource declared should solve this problem.

Environment

  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 6.0 RPM Installer
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    • Santiago 6.3

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