Talk about Blasts from the Past!
HotJava (including the "latest" version, HotJava 3.0) is wildly obsolete.
If you want to install it, however, you'll need to:
1. Download a copy of Java 1.1 from
http://java.sun.com (the current version is Java 6!)
2. Follow these instructions (pay particular attention to the "chmod +rx" part):
http://java.sun.com/products/archive...all_linux.html
'Hope that helps .. PSM