installing jdk 7u45 problems
 

I am trying to install jdk 7u45 on my 32bit 14.1.
I downloaded jdk-7u45-linux-i586.tar.gz from Oracle and then followed the directions on http://www.unixmen.com/install-java-slackware-14-1 go to http://mirrors.slackware.com/slackwa...a/source/java/ and get the listed files.

I then followed the directions and in jdk.Slackbuild changed the version number to 7u45.

Then did
SOURCETGZ="$CWD/jdk-7u45-linux-i586.tar.gz"

But, then this happened
bash-4.2$ ./jdk.SlackBuild jdk-7u45-linux-i586.tar.gz
sh: /home/wufo/java/jdk-7u45-linux-i586.bin: No such file or directory

Well yes, it doesn't exist.

tj

I don't know if this will help, but Java downloads used to be available as a self-extracting shell archive with a name ending in ".bin". I think that stopped with Java 6, and starting with Java 7 the only downloads are compressed tar archives, .tar.gz files. Perhaps you are using instructions or scripts from Java 6 but are trying to install Java 7.

Very possible.

So, how do I do it now?

tj

Why not simply use the official slackbuild?

Download everything here...

Put the Oracle tar.gz in the directory, adjust version if necessary and run the slackbuild.

Then install the resulting package with:

...done.

Have a look at the instructions at the Slackware Documentation Project
http://docs.slackware.com/howtos:software:java

Ignore the advice on that page. It is horrible. There is absolutely no need to edit Patrick's SlackBuild.

Just re-get a new copy of the SlackBuild and follow Patrick's README file, from the same place where you got the SlackBuild.

Bingo, I went to slackbuilds, but searched on java, not jdk, so I didn't find it.

Anyway, its built now.

tj

Note that the URL is not on Slackbuilds.org, it is in the official Slackware distribution sources. Slackware can no longer include the package due to Oracle licensing changes, but it still includes the build script just as it would be used to build the distribution package otherwise.

Glad you got it installed!