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Ok im an uber newb I've got Suse 10 KDE 3.4 and i was wondering now that ive downloaded java, how do i install it?
Theres a .bin file when i click on it it just opens a text file and crashes. What do i do?
I can unzip tar files i can install things in rpm format, mmm thats about it so far.
hi there konsole and thanks for the response. It says at this link that i need JRE java runtime environment. I have the files i just dont know what to do with them or how to run them so i can setup java or azureus for that matter. I had them all going on win xp but i gave the boot for suse 10, its like starting all over again.
So would i be right in saying that .bin files are run/executed through the console?
Thanks again for your help Konsole, if i run into trouble i will ask some more, i'm new to linux and i still have many more things i need to learn/fix.
This is what I do, I like to install it into /usr/local/jre1.5.0_07.
So, as root,
move/copy the bin file to /usr/local
From a terminal
Code:
cd /usr/local
chmod +x jre-1_5_0_07-linux-i586.bin
./jre-1_5_0_07-linux-i586.bin
Then you have to agree to the license and it will unpack everything.
You will now have a jre1.5.0_07 directory in /usr/local.
Two options here 1) you can expand $PATH to include /usr/local/jre1.5.0_07/bin or 2) (my preference as I like to keep $PATH simple) soft link all the binaries to somewhere in your path (in this example /usr/local/bin).
hi again thanks for your help, i stuffed it up, how do i uninstall it and start again or fix it up, i wanted me to replace the files and i accidently stuffed it up, now when java goes to install it stops after i say yes.
do u mean konsole? just highlight the text using a mouse, drag then copy. Paste it on a text editor first so that it won't be messy then copy it again.
ok this is where im stuck i get to here and it asks me to
Do you agree to the above license terms? [yes or no]
yes
Unpacking...
Checksumming...
0
0
Extracting...
UnZipSFX 5.42 of 14 January 2001, by Info-ZIP (Zip-Bugs@lists.wku.edu).
replace jre1.5.0_07/bin/java? [y]es, [n]o, [A]ll, [N]one, [r]ename:
what do i do to make sure it goes properly i keep stuffing it up?
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