On 7/21/05, Shane Lahey <s.lahey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 > > -- > Best regards, > Shane > > Shane Lahey <s.lahey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Homepage: http://craz1.homelinux.com > WebAlbum: http://webalbum.webhop.net > You can do any of the "chmod 7... jre-..bin " suggested by the respondents or what I suggested earlier, "chmod +x jre-...bin", to make the file executable. In all cases you then need to do precede the file name with a dot-slash in order to execute it from its current directory; e.g. # ./jre-1_5_04-linux-i586-rpm.bin
