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I then entered ./newfile.bin and following output occurred:
Quote:
[root@localhost finally]# ./newfile.bin
Preparing to install...
Extracting the JRE from the installer archive...
Unpacking the JRE...
gzip: /tmp/install.dir.4889/Linux/resource/vm.tar.Z: not in gzip format
gzip: /tmp/install.dir.4889/Linux/resource/vm.tar.Z: not in gzip format
gzip: /tmp/install.dir.4889/Linux/resource/vm.tar.Z: not in gzip format
The included VM could not be uncompressed (GZIP/UNCOMPRESS). Please try to
download the installer again and make sure that you download using 'binary'
mode. Please do not attempt to install this currently downloaded copy.
The ncompress package contains the compress and uncompress file
compression and decompression utilities, which are compatible with the
original UNIX compress utility (.Z file extensions). These utilities
can not handle gzipped (.gz file extensions) files, but gzip can
handle compressed files.
so even after installing it, you'll probably end up with the same error anyways. the file on the server seems fubar.
I would not suppose that this will work. If compress/uncompress isn't installed you'll have to install it, if you can't install it because it would need compress/uncompress in order to install you're lost. But how would you do a reinstall? who installed the computer? Don't forget that Rhel is an enterprise-distribution, you pay for the support, call them and explain your problem. And if all this doesn't work, use another distribution.
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