java installation

[William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-722-7209]

Hi,

     You're best off using the file with rpm in its name, something like 
j2sdk<something>rpm.bin
The Java bin files are just self extracting zip files, so you can do: 
unzip j2sdk<somethingrpm.bin.  That'll give you an RPM file that you can 
install in the usual way.  rpm -iv <file>
Then, create a file called /etc/profile.d/java.sh with the following 
contents.
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

  As you can see, it's version specific.  I believe that 1.4.2 is the 
latest.
          HTH.
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Bill in Denver

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Juan Hernandez wrote:

> ello, I just downloaded the j2se .bin file from java.sun.com, I wanted to know how do I install this type of package?  Thanks
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