On Sun, 2004-02-22 at 19:49, Fred Nastos wrote: > How does one get the rpm version? Today I tried installing the > java sdk according to the instructions at > http://fedora.artoo.net/faq/#Java > but all I can find is this executable with an "install shield" or > something like that. There was no rpm as far as I could see. > The last thing I want is to have some graphical installer doing > who-knows-what on my system... > > Thanks When you download the SDK from http://java.sun.com/, you can pick the rpm. The RPM file will download as a rpm.bin file. This is just the RPM wrapped in a script to make you agree to the license. chmod +x the rpm.bin file then run it. After you agree to the license you will have a .rpm in the same directory. You can install this RPM with: rpm -ivh j2*.rpm Follow the other instructions posted about adding /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_03/bin to your PATH. Jim Drabb -- --------------------------------------------------------- The box said: "Requires Windows 98/2000/NT/XP or better." So, I installed LINUX! --------------------------------------------------------- James Drabb JR Senior Programmer Analyst Davenport, FL USA
