Re: Java virtual machine for Fedora?

From: Lenard (lenard_at_127.0.0.1)
Date: 10/05/04 

Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 12:45:18 GMT

On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 06:56:39 +0000, Mark Healey wrote:

> On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 16:16:56 UTC, Lenard <lenard@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 15:57:15 +0000, Mark Healey wrote:
>>
>> > That's what I'm wondering about. My best guess is:
>> >
>> > j2re-1_4_2_05-linux-i586-rpm.bin
>>
>> > Do I have the right package?
>>
>> Yes, you have the correct package, good guess!
>>
>> As root (or equivalent) from the console or xterm session where the
>> downloaded package is stored at do;
>>
>> $ chmod +x j2re-1_4_2_05-linux-i586-rpm.bin
>>
>> $ j2re-1_4_2_05-linux-i586-rpm.bin
>
> Thanks. I managed to install it. The instructions are wrong though.
> They don't tell you to rpm -ivh the resulting file from running
> j2re.yadda.yaddda.yadda.bin.

Yes the instructions at the sun site do... from;
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/jre/install-linux.html#install-rpm

3. Become root by running the su command and entering the super-user
password.

4. Run the rpm command to install the packages that comprise the Java 2
Runtime Environment:

rpm -iv j2re-1_4_2_<version>-linux-i586.rpm 

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