installing netbeans/java cobundle?
i just downloaded the netbeans/java cobundle. it is a .bin file. i know how to install from source but not a .bin file.
the file name is j2sdk-1_4_2-nb-3_5_1-bin-linux.bin after reading some posts on this site and googling, i thought i could install using the following command... ./j2sdk-1_4_2-nb-3_5_1-bin-linux.bin i did not get an error, but it wouldn't install. i just got a new command prompt. then i tried sh ./j2sdk-1_4_2-nb-3_5_1-bin-linux.bin but i got the following error message... cannot execute binary file. as u can tell by my question, i am new to linux. can someone help me with installing the netbeans/java cobundle? |
Re: installing netbeans/java cobundle?
Try to change mod on the file.
chmod +x j2sdk-1_4_2-nb-3_5_1-bin-linux.bin ./j2sdk-1_4_2-nb-3_5_1-bin-linux.bin This will do the trick Quote:
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i am still not able to install. after doing the following...
chmod +x j2sdk-1_4_2-nb-3_5_1-bin-linux.bin ./j2sdk-1_4_2-nb-3_5_1-bin-linux.bin nothing happens. now errors messages or any messages at all. just displays the command prompt. has anyone else installed this cobundle? |
try console
chmod 777 <filename here> then ls -l, this should let you see what the permisions are, then try ./<filename here> it worked 4 me, so i hope it works 4 u!! |
To explain the phenomenon *.bin file:
Sun packages some of her programs in these *.bin files but they are actually shell scripts. The shell scripts searches mostly for some kind of decompression / untarring program, and then unpacks itself. Sometimes even a RPM is packaged this way! So you'll need a shell to execute the shell script: Just like any other shell script the executable permissions must be set and a shell must be called. There are two options: Start the shell script from the current shell: $ ./script.bin Or start a new shell to run the script in: $ sh ./script.bin Because most Linux systems run a default shell called "bash" and because most of Suns shell scripts (or bin files) are written to call the C-shell, the second option may be preferred. In real life it doesn't matter because the shell scripts of Sun aren't complicated at all. There has been a lot of confusion about these .bin files, because the .bin extension is also used by Apple for real binaries - they only can be started on Macintosh systems. |
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