Im pretty new to linux, still trying to figure just about everything out... but this has been bugging me. Im taking an online class and it requires that you go into a live chat with the professor every few days to talk to him but the chatroom requires java and no matter what I try, I cant seem to get it installed.

Im on a rh 9.0 installation with minor upgrades via up2date. Can someone please explain how I can install it?


Thanks for your time,

-Michael

What have tried so far?

Ive tried looking for the jvm file ... I tried to get it off cd's, tried to download it off of blackdown.org and java.sun.com but I cant figure out how to install the files.

Sun seem to have redesigned their site a bit.

Should just be a case of java.sun.com

clicking under downloads Java VM
selecting manual download,
download the RPM version
there's instructions there for installing it but here they are anyway cut and pasted:

Launch the installation script by using the following commands from the directory in which it is located:

chmod a+x j2re-1_4_1_<version number>-linux-i586-rpm.bin

./j2re-1_4_1_<version number>-linux-i586-rpm.bin The script displays a binary license agreement, which you are asked to agree to before installation can proceed. Once you have agreed to the license, the install script creates the file j2re-1_4_1_<version number>-linux-i586.rpm in the current directory.

3. Become root by running the su command and entering the super-user password.

4. Run the rpm command to install the packages:

The following command installs the packages comprising the Java 2 Runtime Environment.

rpm -iv j2re-1_4_1_<version number>-linux-i586.rpm


cd to your browser plugin directory then

do "locate libjavaplugin_oji.so" to find out where it's installed (you could try this first before anything to see if you've already installed it)

ln -s /<complete path to java vm plugin directory>/libjavaplugin_oji.so



Their possibly might be two directories in the java vm plugin directory ns610 and ns610-gcc32, one of them should contain a libjavaplugin_oji.so that will work with your browser.

everything works until I have to do the -s <complete path> command... says command is invalid.

Assuming you are logged in as root and in the mozilla/browser plugin directory:

easy way

do "locate javaplugin_oji.so"

Use your mouse to highlight one of the paths that are output to the plugin, right click and copy in the time honoured fashion

type in "ln -s <press spacebar>" right click in the shell, select paste (I'm sure you get my drift) press enter"

just incase ln is - l for Linux - n for nearly

Thank you so much

Finally got it working I hope someone else that needs help can use this guide



-Michael