Re: [newbie] java

[Graham Watkins]

Dave Needham wrote:
hi all.ive just dwnloaded java j2re-1_4_1_01 linux i586-rpm.bin
how do install it please.ive double clicked on it but nothing.

This may help (quoted from the readme file that helped with my own 
installation). Change details to match your own version no. of course.

 - Make the shell script executable
                % chmod +x j2re-1.4.2-01-linux-<ARCH>.bin
          (Replace <ARCH> with the architecture of your system, e.g.
          replace <ARCH> with i586 if your on an Intel system.)
        - Change to the directory you want to install into, e.g /usr/local
                % cd /usr/local
        - Extract the contents of the Java 2 SDK by running the shell 
script
                % ./j2re-1.4.2-01-linux-<ARCH>.bin
          (Replace <ARCH> with the architecture of your system, e.g.
          replace <ARCH> with i586 if your on an Intel system.)
        - Add j2re1.4.2/bin to PATH, e.g. if you installed into /usr/local
                % export PATH=/usr/local/j2re1.4.2/bin:$PATH

Hope this helps.
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