Follow up to my own mail - I got help from another list, the solution seems to be:
>You need JDK that is compiled for s390(search google "s390 jdk"), for > example: > http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/languages/java/blackdown.org/JDK-1.2.2/s390/FCS/?M=A Sam Joseph wrote: > I've been trying to install a blackdown jdk on an IBM penguin box using > SuSE linux and have not had much luck so far. > > I can extract the blackdown version, and unpack it but when I try to run > > the java command I get this: > > l008064:~/j2sdk1.3.0/bin # ./java -version > Error: can't find libjava.so. > > and I also get a sinking feeling when reading the system requirements > for blackdown which say: > > Check your version of glibc using the following command: > > ls /lib/libc-* > > The output of this command should show libc-2.1.3.so or higher. > > when I check ls /lib/libc-* I find nothing. > > The closest I get is libc.so.6 and I am really not sure where to go from > here. > > My apologies for my lack of ignorance, but I am not a regular Linux user > and am not sure how to deal with these library issues. > > Thanks in advance > > CHEERS> SAM > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]