help installing java

icerado · 08-15-2007, 03:43 PM

i need some help installing java

i have yellow dog linux and this is the first time i've used linux i've read around alot and couldn't seem to find out the problem...i just get caught at this step:

Extracting...
/home/joe/./jre-6u2-linux-i586-rpm.bin: line 334: ./install.sfx.19862: cannot execute binary file

after i accepted the agreement i get this??

any help would be appreciated...i'm sorry linux is brand new to me so if this is a simple problem to fix sorry in advance

thanks

reddazz · 08-15-2007, 04:33 PM

Hi and welcome to LQ.

YellowDog is for the PPC architecture. The file you are trying to install is for a PC with an Intel x86 architecture.

icerado · 08-15-2007, 08:25 PM

thanks for the help...hopefully the next install should be easier

update:
so i got the correct jre file i needed and now i'm getting this:

Missing Dependency: libstdc++.so.5 is needed by package ibm-java2-ppc-jre

so now i'm really lost?

jay73 · 08-15-2007, 09:41 PM

Use the package manager to install libstdc++. It offer a jre as well for all I know. I'd like to go into more detail here but unfortunately I've never used Yellow Dog. Try google for more answers.

reddazz · 08-16-2007, 03:10 AM

The package that provides libstdc++.so.5 should be compat-libstdc++-33. As mentioned above, install it using the package manager e.g.

Code:

#yum install compat-libstdc++-33

icerado · 08-16-2007, 06:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reddazz

The package that provides libstdc++.so.5 should be compat-libstdc++-33. As mentioned above, install it using the package manager e.g.

Code:

#yum install compat-libstdc++-33

tried the above and got this:

[root@dhcp-917-35 joe]# yum install compat-libstdc++-33
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
base [1/2]
adobe-linux-i386 [2/2]
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
No Match for argument: compat-libstdc++-33
Nothing to do

i just installed ydl so i'm not sure if i'm missing something??...can you point me in the direction of a basics tutorial?

reddazz · 08-16-2007, 09:41 AM

You can get the rpm from here.