Re: Mandrake Java

From: Tim (admin_at_sheerhell.lan)
Date: 09/28/03 

Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 01:11:59 +0930

kjeld carlsen <kjeldc@tdcadsl.dk> wrote:

>>> Just installed Linux Mandrake, and it works like a dream, BUT I need
>>> Java. I downloaded SUN JAVA for Linux, but can't install it. Can
>>> someone please help?

 
Tim wrote:

>> How far did you get following the instructions on the Java website? Is
>> there a particular part that didn't make sense to you? (There's no
>> point in attempting to explain it in the same way.)

kjeld carlsen <kjeldc@tdcadsl.dk> wrote:
 
> It's a bin file. Can't open it, and dont know where to put it

Refer to Sun's installation documentation at:
<http://www.java.com/en/download/help/linux_install.jsp> They also have
help and FAQ links there, but I've not looked at them. Also, try this
page: <http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/install-linux.html> (it's quite
explicit in detail).

You've downloaded a file-with-a-long-name.bin sort of thing. Change
directories to where you've downloaded it to, and you make it executable
by adding the X bit.

e.g. chmod a+x file-with-a-long-name.bin

You run it, and it'll make you read and agree to some conditions.

e.g. ./file-with-a-long-name.bin

(The prefixed ./ dot slash specifies the current directory.)

After that, it unpacks a bit, and you now have a .rpm file in the same
place, and you install that the same as any other RPM file (as the root
user), if you downloaded the RPM version. If you downloaded the
self-extracting version, that does it a bit differently after this
point, and I've not used it to be familiar with it.

Write back if you still don't have any luck. 

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