Hello
I downloaded the following file. It is supposed to open by double clicking. It didn't work in
that way.
Could you please tell me the command to open the file to install it?

jre-1_5_0_0_01-Linux-amd-64.bin

Try opening up a terminal, navigating to the folder, then issuing "sh jre-1_5_0_0_01-Linux-amd-64.bin" or "./jre-1_5_0_0_01-Linux-amd-64.bin" without the quotes. I don't remember when I installed java if I was root or not, but if that doesn't work try "sudo sh jre-1_5_0_0_01-Linux-amd-64.bin" or "sudo ./jre-1_5_0_0_01-Linux-amd-64.bin".

If nothing else perhaps it will tell you why it's not working rather then simply dying.

Good Luck!

Thank suicidebiker, it worked fine.

The following command worked.

sh "jre-1_5_0_01-linux-amd64.bin"

It created a lot of folders. The following are some of them.
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Extracting...
UnZipSFX 5.50 of 17 February 2002, by Info-ZIP (Zip-Bugs@lists.wku.edu).
creating: jre1.5.0_01/
creating: jre1.5.0_01/bin/
inflating: jre1.5.0_01/bin/java
inflating: jre1.5.0_01/bin/ktab
inflating: jre1.5.0_01/bin/orbd
inflating: jre1.5.0_01/bin/rmid
inflating: jre1.5.0_01/bin/keytool
inflating: jre1.5.0_01/bin/kinit
inflating: jre1.5.0_01/bin/klist
inflating: jre1.5.0_01/bin/unpack200
inflating: jre1.5.0_01/bin/tnameserv
inflating: jre1.5.0_01/bin/servertool
inflating: jre1.5.0_01/bin/pack200
inflating: jre1.5.0_01/bin/rmiregistry
inflating: jre1.5.0_01/bin/policytool


inflating: jre1.5.0_01/man/ja_JP.eucJP/man1/orbd.1
inflating: jre1.5.0_01/man/ja_JP.eucJP/man1/rmid.1
inflating: jre1.5.0_01/man/ja_JP.eucJP/man1/servertool.1
inflating: jre1.5.0_01/man/ja_JP.eucJP/man1/pack200.1
inflating: jre1.5.0_01/man/ja_JP.eucJP/man1/unpack200.1
inflating: jre1.5.0_01/Welcome.html
inflating: jre1.5.0_01/LICENSE
inflating: jre1.5.0_01/README
inflating: jre1.5.0_01/THIRDPARTYLICENSEREADME.txt
inflating: jre1.5.0_01/CHANGES
inflating: jre1.5.0_01/COPYRIGHT
Creating jre1.5.0_01/lib/rt.jar
Creating jre1.5.0_01/lib/jsse.jar
Creating jre1.5.0_01/lib/charsets.jar
Creating jre1.5.0_01/lib/ext/localedata.jar

Done.



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[root@c83-250-89-216 Desktop]# cd jre1.5.0_01
[root@c83-250-89-216 jre1.5.0_01]# ls
bin/ CHANGES COPYRIGHT lib/ LICENSE man/ README THIRDPARTYLICENSEREADME.txt Welcome.html
[root@c83-250-89-216 jre1.5.0_01]#

As you see it has some files and folders. How do I install the program? I read the README fie. It has no mention about the installation.

How do I install the program?

ah, ok. I looked at the instructions here: http://java.com/en/download/help/500...selfextracting and it appears that if you just move all that stuff into /usr/java or something similar. In all honesty I would just download the rpm from http://jdl.sun.com/webapps/download/...BundleId=10271 and install that (rpm -ivh packagename ). Last time I ran Mandrake it had rpm support. You can do it manually (instructions are at the java.com link above) but it looks like more trouble than it's worth.

Have Fun!

Thanks suicidebiker for taking time to help me.

it worked. I am posting some of the output here.

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[root@c83-250-89-216 java]# chmod a+x jre-1_5_0_05-linux-amd64-rpm.bin
[root@c83-250-89-216 java]# ls -l
total 15400
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15746429 Nov 30 10:32 jre-1_5_0_05-linux-amd64-rpm.bin*
[root@c83-250-89-216 java]# ./jre-1_5_0_05-linux-amd64-rpm.bin
Sun Microsystems, Inc. Binary Code License Agreement

for the JAVA 2 PLATFORM STANDARD EDITION RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT 5.0

SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. ("SUN") IS WILLING TO LICENSE THE SOFTWARE
IDENTIFIED BELOW TO YOU ONLY UPON THE CONDITION THAT YOU ACCEPT
ALL OF THE TERMS CONTAINED IN THIS BINARY CODE LICENSE AGREEMENT AND
SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE TERMS (COLLECTIVELY "AGREEMENT"). PLEASE READ THE
AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. BY DOWNLOADING OR INSTALLING THIS SOFTWARE, YOU
ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT. INDICATE ACCEPTANCE BY SELECTING THE
"ACCEPT" BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM OF THE AGREEMENT. IF YOU ARE NOT WILLING
TO BE BOUND BY ALL THE TERMS, SELECT THE "DECLINE" BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM
OF THE AGREEMENT AND THE DOWNLOAD OR INSTALL PROCESS WILL NOT CONTINUE.





For inquiries please contact: Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network
Circle, Santa Clara, California 95054, U.S.A. (LFI#141623/Form
ID#011801)

Do you agree to the above license terms? [yes or no]
y
Unpacking...
Checksumming...
0
0
Extracting...
UnZipSFX 5.50 of 17 February 2002, by Info-ZIP (Zip-Bugs@lists.wku.edu).
inflating: jre-1_5_0_05-linux-amd64.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:jre ########################################### [100%]

Done.
[root@c83-250-89-216 java]# ls
jre1.5.0_05/ jre-1_5_0_05-linux-am
d64.rpm jre-1_5_0_05-linux-amd64-rpm.bin*
[root@c83-250-89-216 java]# ls

I hope everything went smoothly. Please tell me if something is wrong.

Keep reading the instructions on configuring, that installs java, in order to use it in your browser for example you must symlink it to your plugins in your browser directory

Thanks ethics for taking time to reply me.
I am still struggling with it.
I will come back to you all if I fail to do the rest.

I am still struggling to put the plugins to the browser. It gives me problems. I have been trying for several hours.

Well it helps to mention which browser

Mozilla Firefox version 1.0.6

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko / 20050921 Firefox/1.0.7 Mandriva/1.0.6-15mdk

The file you need to be symlinking to JRE is /usr/lib/firefox-1-0-6/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so i believe