P_Thorne wrote:
More newbie questions here..........
Has anyone been able to install JRE for a debian based Linux (ie Ubuntu
in my case)?
I tried to by taking a Sun provided RPM file and using "alien" to
convert it to a "deb" package. It seemed to install, but Firefox wasn't
finding it, even when I manually installed symbolic links pointing to
JRE binaries in a directory in my $PATH.
Having said that, it just may not have worked because of the alien
conversion. Any ideas?
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I have Sun's jre-1_5_0_01-linux-i586.bin working on Ubuntu, KANOTIX, and
Scientific Linux (Red Hat Enterprise 4.1).
I use a way of installing that I found works, but may not be the way
others do it.
Download the .bin file from Sun.
Open a terminal.
Become root.
Drag and drop the jre .bin file onto the terminal. This automatically
will put the entire path of the .bin file location into the terminal.
Hit enter.
Scroll through the Sun agreement by hitting the space bar. You may have
to hit the space bar eight or more times to come to the end of their
agreement.
When asked, type "yes."
The .bin file will unpack. When it is finished, you will have a FILE
named the same as the .bin file.
Make a directory named "java." Drag and drop the new jre directory into
the java file.
In the manner of your choice (personally, I just log out, become root,
and drag and drop the file, then go back to my personal account, in this
one case).
Put the java file into the /usr file.
There must be a shortcut of the file
/usr/java/jre1.5.0_02/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so placed into
the /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins file and, for insurance on place into the
plugin file in the /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins file (that's the
name of the firefox file in Ubuntu).
You WILL have java.
I can hear the collective moans of Linux purists because I haven't
command-lined my way into a java installation, but this way works for me
every time and I'm am not a coder, just an old Ham radio operator who
lives by the Ham slogan, "If it ain't broke, it ain't no fun."
I hope this, or some other, more proper way, works for you. It ALWAYS
does for me.
Bill
P.S. there may be typos in this. I'm sick and had a very bad night.
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