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Hi,
I'm trying to install the J2RE runtime libraries and the SDK. However, the version I want (1.3.1) is packaged in .rpm.bin form, and when I run rpm -i <filename> it gives me this error message:
I've seen 3 other people in the forums (?!) get this error, and it was almost always solved by finding another type of package. However, this is the only one available to me, and I'm sure other people have installed Java. What kind of error is this, and is there a workaround for it??
Thank you very much,
Laura
Thanks very much! Everyone always conveniently forgets to mention that that type of file is an executable in and of itself. Does that apply to all .rpm.bin files, or just ones packaged by Sun?
Oh yes, born4linux's instructions worked perfectly, and this one's solved. I was just wondering if all .rpm.bin packages are executables which produce .rpms, or if that was an idiosyncrasy of Sun's.
Thanks
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