how the hell do you install java??? complete noob here
has tried fallowing the instructions on suns site trys and gets confused
tried your instuctions in the sticky get eror saying no such directory..........
has had linux for a week... had a friend install it cause well i was sick of windows crashing and randomly rebooting..
anyhow when he finished all he told me is google is my best friend
at which point of the java installation routine listed here
[/url][url=<___base_url___>/index.php?showtopic=1707][/url][url=<___base_url___>/index.php?showtopic=1707]https://www.linux-noob.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1707 are you getting stuck ? please give all error messages that you get so we can determine whats not working
Quote:Now lets install Java
For the newest version of java. Go to Sun [/url][url=http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp]http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp and download the Jre self extracting rpm. (referred to as JRE 5.0 Update 4 includes the JVM technology.The J2SE Runtime Environment (JRE) allows end-users to run Java applications. )
If you want a painless install download from the link below
Code:
[URL=http://jdl.sun.com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=10148]Download Java[/URL]
chmod +x jre-1_5_0_04-linux-i586-rpm.bin
./jre-1_5_0_04-linux-i586-rpm.bin
rpm -ivh jre-1_5_0_04-linux-i586-rpm --nodeps
unlink /usr/bin/java
ln -s /usr/java/jre1.5.0_04/bin/java /usr/bin/java
ln -s /usr/java/jre1.5.0_04/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
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to verify Java is properly installed in Firefox type
in the address bar, scroll down and you should see this
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Quote:Java
directory does not exsist that what i would get when ever i tried to do anything
my friend remote desktop and installed it but could not get it to run with mozila
at what exact point in the process do you get the error ? i'm sorry but without detailed information about what you are doing and where it is going wrong we cannot help you
please provide more details
cheers
anyweb
Quote:at what exact point in the process do you get the error ? i'm sorry but without detailed information about what you are doing and where it is going wrong we cannot help you
please provide more details
cheers
anyweb
when i tryed to do "chmod +x jre-1_5_0_04-linux-i586-rpm.bin"
or when i try to do cd home/java witch is the folder i created for it says directory does not exsist....... ect
like i have no clue what any of the stuff is about in your instructions from the sticky all i know is to type su and put the root pasword in
and what cd is for otherwise i know nuthing other then how to kill simcity 4 when it crashs loading up
woot woot woot i installed it woot woot now its running woot