Downlaoded J2re.bin and dont know how to install
 

i downlaoded j2r-1_4_2-linux-i586-rpm.bin and i dont know what to do with it ,when i go into propeties it says its a shell script can anyone help?

just run it. "sh ./j2re.blah.bin"

i type in what u say chris but this is what i get

[rob@S0106000c6ef767e0 rob]$ *sh ./jsre.blah.bin
bash: *sh: command not found
[rob@S0106000c6ef767e0 rob]$

Don't put the "*" at the front. Just sh ./j2r-1_4_2-linux-i586-rpm.bin.

when i type in that command i get this response

[rob@S0106000c6ef767e0 rob]$ sh ./j2r-1_4_2-linux-i586-rpm.bin
./j2r-1_4_2-linux-i586-rpm.bin: ./j2r-1_4_2-linux-i586-rpm.bin: No such file or directory


sorry for all the trouble and thanks for all your patenice

This may be a dumb question but are you in the same directory as the file j2re-1_4_2-linux-1586-rpm.bin? Need to be in the same directory as the file for the command to work.

no i am not in the same directory as j2re-1_4_2-linux-1586-rpm.bin its located on my desktop how do i change directory to desktop directory,thanks jokerbw it was a smart question

Try typing ls. You should have a folder labelled Desktop if you're in your home directory. Type cd Desktop or cd ~/Desktop. To make sure you're in the right directory, type ls and you should see your j2re-1_4_2-linux-1586-rpm.bin file.

i typed in ls and got this response

[rob@S0106000c6ef767e0 rob]$ ls
Desktop/ install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz.part tmp/

it didnt show j2re-1_4_2-linux-1586-rpm.bin

anyone know why?

thanks from the biggest newb using linux

Try posting the output of pwd. From the above output, I would guess you're in the directory /home/rob. You want to be in the directory /home/rob/Desktop.

Another thing you can do is just type the full path to the file you want to execute (but sooner or later you're going to have to learn to get around directories and stuff). :)

So to run the install script, try sh /home/rob/j2re-1_4_2-linux-i586-rpm.bin

look, you really need to search for how to do this. If you are having problems following these simple instructions you are in a lot of trouble.

# <- means at a prompt

#cd /home/rob/Desktop <enter>
#./j2r-1_4_2-linux-i586-rpm.bin <enter>

I also would encourage you to learn the "language of linux". :)

Try visiting http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/...tro-linux.html
which is a good Newbie guide.