On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 14:09, Charles Layno wrote: > Is there a rpm that is wasier to install JAVA than what is on the Sun site? Do you want the SDK (software development kit) or the JRE (java runtime environment)? Java Runtime Environment (13MB) http://ftp.aarnet.edu.au/pub/java/sun/JRE-1.4.2_01/linux/j2re-1_4_2_01-linux-i586-rpm.bin Java Software Development Kit (33 MB) http://ftp.aarnet.edu.au/pub/java/sun/JRE-1.4.2_01/linux/j2sdk-1_4_2_01-linux-i586-rpm.bin Here's what you do (assuming java runtime, replace with SDK if desired): 1. download the rpm.bin 2. chmod +x j2re-1_4_2_01-linux-i586-rpm.bin 3 ./j2re-1_4_2_01-linux-i586-rpm.bin 4. agree to their user agreement after you read it 5. rpm -ivh j2re-1_4_2_01-linux-i586-rpm The following are for the Mozilla java plugin: 6. ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_01/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32 /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ 7. ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_01/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32 /usr/lib/mozilla-1.4.1/plugins/ The following is for the Mozilla Firebird browser plugin: 8. ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_01/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32 /usr/lib/MozillaFirebird/plugins/ There are some other things you also need to do which I don't remember off the top of my head, such as adding /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_01 to your path, adding man page entries, etc. Cheers, Daniel -- Daniel Hedlund daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxx CEO & Chief Consultant DigiTree Studios Pty Ltd.
