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Yep sure have fallen at least my ego has every since I started messing with this linux. I need help trying to install sun java. Here is the file: jdk118_v1-glibc-2.1.2.tar.bz Ok Here is what I have tried: Opened the termainal and typed in bunzip2 said cant read compressed files so typed the file without space betweeen bunzip and file name then with a space What am I suppose to do??? I have these instructions that said do this from star office as I want to have the java and then re-install my star office. They recommended this as I have no personal files on there. I have already deleted star office except of course I still have the original download. Please Please could someone tell me exactly what to type in. If you leave anything to assumption--well- I won't get it! Thanks
Hi there! I think I got the installation right this time around... my question right now would be: is there a need for the plugin to be installed?
anyways... what distro are you using? I'm using Red Hat 7.1 and so I use the rpm version... it's quite easier I think.
I installed the JRE using the installation instructions from the java site... ( I didn't install the plugin coz it seemed too complicated and I messed it up the last time around) installed Star Office, indicating that the Java whatever it needed was at the... what is it... oh, the /home/java... or somewhere in there where the java directory is.... and selected the java runtime 1.3.1 and then off it went and after a minute or so I was typing away... thing is... I used RPM. ... also I am not entirely sure what I am doing is correct... I'm just saying that I got it working that day...
Hi I am using linux-mandrake 8.0. Could you please tell me where you found the rpm. I have looked. I do realize I am blind as a bat and have no clue what I am doing. So, It is very easy to see why I can not find it. Hehe Thanks!
Why are you trying to install 1.1.8?? the rpm and binary executables for jdk1.3 are availiable from http://java.sun.com Just run them.. self xtracting binary files.. mind you i spent ages trying to un-tar the binary...! fool!
WEll ty but I give up It has won! I must be a true windozer. Because I can not find it on that site, I can find jdk 1.1 nd others with the numbers of 1.3. But hey I have spent days and days working on this and am no further than I was to begin with. Now I'm totally irritated and worn out. Thanks all. Bye.
I bet you can guess! I found it hehe THANK YOU! Ok another one. On that same site I found Java 3d. Now that sounds like something I have been wanting. I want to do presentations in 3d form. Is this what I want? I have not downloaded this other java yet( HUGE BOOKMARK THOUGH). I decided to wait and see if I need this 3d then am I suppose to download both types of Java. Gosh I'm so ignorant.
This is a tar.gz packed file. The compression is gnuzip. To just unzip use: gunzip file.gz
but to extract all files from the tar archive use the following command: tar -zxvf file.tar.gz
the options are:
z use gunzip to uncompress
x extract file from tar archive
v be verbose
f use archive file file.tar (not sure about this one)
Java 3D is probably NOT what you want to install. There's nothing wrong with it, that I know of, but it is a Java programming API for developers building 3D applications. If you are wanting to do some Java development, give it a try. But if you want to do 3D presentations as you indicate, this tool is way to low level.
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