On Fri, 2005-07-22 at 00:36 -0230, Shane Lahey wrote: > Hello jeff, > > Friday, July 22, 2005, 12:30:50 AM, you wrote: > > jl> On Tuesday 19 July 2005 13:09, Ted Gervais wrote: > >> I am trying to get java working in fc4 and in particular version 1.5. > >> I downloaded this file: > >> > >> jre-1_5_0_04-linux-i586-rpm.bin > >> > >> And thought I could 'run' that file to produce an RPM file. From there, > >> I should have been able to install it. > >> > >> No luck. > >> > >> Where have I gone wrong? > > > jl> as a user: > jl> run: > jl> chmod 777 jre*rpm.bin > > jl> as root: > jl> run: > jl> ./jre-1_5_0_04-linux-i586-rpm.bin > > jl> YMMV > jl> jeff lee > > best to use: chmod 0755 ./jre-1_5_0_04-linux-i586-rpm.bin Or just # sh jre-1_5_0_04-linux-i586-rpm.bin and forget the chmod altogether. Shouldn't need to be root for this, just for the subsequent # rpm -Uvh jre-1_5_0_04-linux-i586.rpm Phil
