> You have to "run" the .bin file, it's a shell-script wrapper that will > ask you to agree to a license before it unpacks the RPM, since RPM can't > handle stuff like that and corporate entities usually want/require that > crud. > > One you run the file (type ./j2re...rom.bin), it'll pop up the agree in > a pager - hit the spacebar to go to the next page. At the end, it'll > ask you to type in 'yes' or 'i agree' or something like that, then it > unpacks the .rpm (same name as the original file sans the .bin) which > you can then install. I believe it'll setup everything for you then, > tho you may need to follow the symlinks as per the other response to > your message. one symlink is needed indeed, from the mozilla plugins dir to your java dir, on my system it was, in /usr/lib/mozilla-1.4.1/plugins: libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_01/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so Another thing, if you want to use java for other things then the plugin, you'll need to add the bin dir to the PATH, and set JAVA_HOME, which you can do in /etc/profile: JAVA_HOME="/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_01/" PATH=$PATH:"/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_01/bin" export PATH USER LOGNAME MAIL HOSTNAME HISTSIZE INPUTRC JAVA_HOME best, Maarten
