JDK package in Slackware 13.0 /extras directory not working.
 

When I try to install the Java Developer Kit package: jdk-6u16-i586.txz from either the DVD or freshly downloaded from ftp.slackware.com, I get the error:
The package seems to have installed from the original setup, however, the package showed up in /var/log/packages with the uncompressed package size showing up as 0K, and no files installed. I get the tar archive is corrupt error when I try to install the package after having removed the original failed install.

Is anyone else having this same issue?

Thanks

Works fine with me. Installed from DVD.

After downloading from second mirror, I got a valid package.

I came across a bad mirror as well. I'm running Slackware64 13.0.
The bad mirror I was using was ftp://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/pub/sl...lackware-13.0/
The package was getting installed in /usr/lib instead of /usr/lib64. In the end I just used the package on the install DVD.

note: the mirror was not a problem when installing jdk for 32 bit system


details below, wrote a didactic response for newbies like me


Here is what I initially did as superuser:
# slackpkg update
# slackpkg install jdk-6u16-i586-1
# reboot


once system reboot
# java -version -> this would not execute
# slackpkg search jdk -> said jdk was still not installed
So I checked /usr/lib and /usr/lib64. What I found was that jre (which came from when I initially installed Slackware64) was on /usr/lib64 and the jdk was on /usr/lib


solution:
1. mounted the install dvd to /mnt/dvd
2. go to the extras directory on the dvd
3. installpkg <the-jdk-filename>.txz
4. reboot
5. #java -version -> worked this time