Hi All

I'm trying to install the new JRE on my PC - primarily because groupwise seems to need it.

anyway, when i try to run "fakeroot make-jpkg jre-6u1-linux-i586.bin" i get
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Creating temporary directory: /tmp/make-jpkg.XXXXIqzo12
Loading plugins: blackdown-j2re.sh blackdown-j2sdk.sh common.sh ibm-j2re.sh ibm-j2sdk.sh j2re.sh j2sdk.sh j2se.sh sun-j2re.sh sun-j2sdk.sh

No matching plugin was found.
Removing temporary directory: done
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i've tried running "DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE=i386-linux fakeroot make-jpkg jre-6u1-linux-i586.bin" and got the same response.

I'm not 100% sure why the darn thing isn't working, but i've spent a few hours on google and found some other methods, none of which have worked. There were a few that recommended a patch (dated around 2003) but i can't find the patch.

any help would be appreciated

The "Debian way" involves getting Java from the Debian repos. It's a piece of cake. Depending on which release you are running there are various Java versions available. Stock Etch has 1.5, but 1.6 is available from backports.org