Problem with JAVA installation

Panagiotis_IOA · 02-08-2006, 06:34 AM

I have just downloaded JRE 5 6th update and JDK 5 6th update but when I'm trying to install them I get the error message bellow for missing files:

Quote:

error: Failed dependencies:
glibc >= 2.1.2-11 is needed by jdk-1.5.0_06-fcs
sh-utils >= 2.0-1 is needed by jdk-1.5.0_06-fcs
fileutils >= 4.0-8 is needed by jdk-1.5.0_06-fcs
gawk >= 3.0.4-1 is needed by jdk-1.5.0_06-fcs
textutils >= 2.0-2 is needed by jdk-1.5.0_06-fcs
/bin/sh is needed by jdk-1.5.0_06-fcs

I had a look over the system and I realized that I have newer versions of that files. Any idea what is going on?

reddazz · 02-08-2006, 07:41 AM

Provide more details about the which file exactly you downloaded and the steps you took to install the package.If you are using Slack, I am sure it includes jre on the discs or you could intall it using swaret or slapt-get.

Panagiotis_IOA · 02-08-2006, 08:07 AM

I've downloaded:

jdk-1_5_0_06-linux-i586-rpm.bin

jre-1_5_0_06-linux-i586-rpm.bin

From Sun's site the first and from Java.com the second. The method I follow is the one described here and I tried the same for both files:

http://java.com/en/download/help/5000010500.xml#rpm

Slackware includes Java 2 package and I thought it would be fine but when I visited a page with Java applet it didn't run as was missing JRE. Although, the compiler works fine but I'd like to install the updated one.

reddazz · 02-08-2006, 08:52 AM

Ok, your problem here is that you are trying to install the jre rpm. For Slack and other non rpm based distros, use the self extracting bin file and not the rpm.bin file. Also for Firefox to recognise the java plugin, you need to create a symlink to the plugin in your firfox plugins directory e.g.

Code:

#ln -s /path/to/java/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /path/to/firefox/plugins/.

Panagiotis_IOA · 02-08-2006, 10:01 AM

Thanks a lot! Now words fine

Panagiotis_IOA · 02-08-2006, 10:25 AM

I just installed and the JDK but first unistalled the previous one and now the system doesn't find the Java path. From where can I set the path and making default Java directory the one I installed the new JDK?

Thanks in advance!

reddazz · 02-08-2006, 04:29 PM

Copy the scipt below to /etc/profile.d. Call it something like sunjdk.sh and make it executable. Edit the paths so that they are the same as those of your java installation. Log out, then login again and java will be in your path.

Code:

#!/bin/sh
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.5.0_06
export MANPATH="$MANPATH:/usr/java/jdk1.5.0_06/man"
export PATH="$PATH:/usr/java/jdk1.5.0_06/bin:/usr/java/jdk1.5.0_06/jre/bin"

Panagiotis_IOA · 02-09-2006, 07:19 AM

Ok, now it worked! Thanks! I had also to change the JRE PATH on the files of /etc/profile.d