java runtime environment dependencies?

martysha · 07-22-2008, 01:13 PM

hello

i have a problem with installing java runtime plugin for mozilla firefox 2.0.0.16

i am downloading it from the sun site, and at the end of the installation, i have the following message:

Code:

yes
Unpacking...
Checksumming...
Extracting...
UnZipSFX 5.50 of 17 February 2002, by Info-ZIP (Zip-Bugs@lists.wku.edu).
  inflating: jre-6u7-linux-i586.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
        /bin/basename is needed by jre-1.6.0_07-fcs
        /bin/cat is needed by jre-1.6.0_07-fcs
        /bin/cp is needed by jre-1.6.0_07-fcs
        /bin/gawk is needed by jre-1.6.0_07-fcs
        /bin/grep is needed by jre-1.6.0_07-fcs
        /bin/ln is needed by jre-1.6.0_07-fcs
        /bin/ls is needed by jre-1.6.0_07-fcs
        /bin/mkdir is needed by jre-1.6.0_07-fcs
        /bin/mv is needed by jre-1.6.0_07-fcs
        /bin/pwd is needed by jre-1.6.0_07-fcs
        /bin/rm is needed by jre-1.6.0_07-fcs
        /bin/sed is needed by jre-1.6.0_07-fcs
        /bin/sort is needed by jre-1.6.0_07-fcs
        /bin/touch is needed by jre-1.6.0_07-fcs
        /usr/bin/cut is needed by jre-1.6.0_07-fcs
        /usr/bin/dirname is needed by jre-1.6.0_07-fcs
        /usr/bin/expr is needed by jre-1.6.0_07-fcs
        /usr/bin/find is needed by jre-1.6.0_07-fcs
        /usr/bin/tail is needed by jre-1.6.0_07-fcs
        /usr/bin/tr is needed by jre-1.6.0_07-fcs
        /usr/bin/wc is needed by jre-1.6.0_07-fcs
        /bin/sh is needed by jre-1.6.0_07-fcs

Done.

i've tried to search for a package, but without success

any ideas?

trickykid · 07-22-2008, 01:21 PM

You're trying to install an RPM on a system that doesn't natively use RPM, so it can't find the necessary dependencies in the RPM database. I'd suggest downloading the jre bin file that's not RPM format and install by those means, that's if this is a Slackware OS you're installing on since you posted in Slackware.

martysha · 07-22-2008, 01:27 PM

aaah ok - i will try it immediately

martysha · 07-22-2008, 02:02 PM

trickykid,

thank you! it's working fine now!

dugan · 07-22-2008, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by martysha

hello

i have a problem with installing java runtime plugin for mozilla firefox 2.0.0.16. I am downloading it from the sun site...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Slackware 12.1 come with a Java plugin for Mozilla?

Eternal_Newbie · 07-22-2008, 02:43 PM

Yup, but JRE 6u6 has some serious security flaws in it.

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-193A.html

willysr · 07-23-2008, 12:20 AM

and it has been fixed with update 7

Eternal_Newbie · 07-23-2008, 03:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by willysr

and it has been fixed with update 7

That alert is a little unclear, but yes. I am sure PV will make an update available in due course, but if you use Java a lot it is probably worth updating now. The slackbuild scripts for JRE and JDK 6u6 can be used to build packages for 6u7 with a little editing.

symatic · 07-23-2008, 08:16 AM

you can get that update from -current if you want.