java console wont install "error: Failed dependencies"
 

cant get java to work

root@1[java]# rpm -iv jre-1_5_0_06-linux-i586.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
glibc >= 2.1.2-11 is needed by jre-1.5.0_06-fcs.i586
sh-utils >= 2.0-1 is needed by jre-1.5.0_06-fcs.i586
fileutils >= 4.0-8 is needed by jre-1.5.0_06-fcs.i586
gawk >= 3.0.4-1 is needed by jre-1.5.0_06-fcs.i586
textutils >= 2.0-2 is needed by jre-1.5.0_06-fcs.i586
/bin/sh is needed by jre-1.5.0_06-fcs.i586
root@1[java]#

this is the error message i get when i try to install it i dont know what this means so could some one tell me what i should do i followed the website and im using mepis

and yes im a :newbie:

I don't know much about Mephis except that it's one of the Debian Jr. distros, but I'm suprised that you're installing an .rpm file with it.

perhaps you should try the .bin file instead. I don't know much about mepis, but if I tried to use the rpm I'd probably have the same errors.

BUT... rpm thinks glibc isn't installed, so the dependancy fails.