java with mozilla and open office
 

hi...i'm using slackware and i want to install java in it...i tried to untar it to /usr/local but thats about all i did...seems like open office can't detect the java. and mozilla can't upgrade as well...thanks for all your help

so, what kind of package have you got, sdk?
then you have untarred it in /usr/local...
Well, then it should be installed doing:
./configure
make
make install (as superuser)

If all you've done is unpack it in /usr/local there'll be depending on whether it's the jre or sdk

j2sdk_whatever_theversion.bin

chmod u+x j2sdk_whatever_theversion.bin

./j2sdk_whatever_theversion.bin

And that'll create the the directory for it and install it in /usr/local as
you guessed it

j2sdk_whatever_theversion (or slightly different name if it's just the runtime environment you got)

Open Office should detect it if you put in
/etc/profile

logout and back in again

there's no configure file in it...so..how do i go about doing it?...i downloaded another one with .bin ... don't know how to install those kind of files..any help..

Just do what Looking_Lost said to do:
type chmod u+x j2sdk_whatever_theversion.bin and hit enter
then type ./j2sdk_whatever_theversion.bin and follow the onscreen instructions.
(and then do all the other stuff Looking_Lost said)

And it should all work fine.

If it doesn't, post what you did and any error messages that appear and we'll help with troubleshooting.