On Sun, 2007-12-30 at 12:14 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-12-30 at 10:21 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > > > >> Karl Larsen wrote: > >> > >>>>> The web page doesn't cover the problem if you got > >>>>> jre-6u3-linux-i586-rpm.bin which is a bash file. What do you do with > >>>>> this > >>>>> > >> You mean you could find.... > >> > >> http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/install/index.html > >> > >> > > ---- > > He was following Knute Johnsons' installation notes... > > > > http://www.knutejohnson.com/sun-java-on-F8.html > > > > which leaves that out > > > > > Hummm.... Step 1 of that link simply says.... > > Download the Sun Java Linux RPM from java.sun.com and install it. > > Just seems sensible that if you don't know what "install it" means and > can't figure it out for yourself that you'd look for help from the place > you downloaded. But, that's just me.... :-) ---- me too...but I've done it enough, I could do it in my sleep ;-) I sort of have a thing about mini walk-throughs that are incomplete and often create more confusion than they prevent. Craig