I'm trying to install jre-1_5_0_06-linux-i586.rpm using Kpackage.I'm logged in as root. When I try it brings up:
<st '//root/Desktop/jre-1_5_0_06-linux-i586.rpm';echo RESULT=$?
error: Failed dependencies:
glibc >= 2.1.2-11 is needed by jre-1.5.0_06-fcs
sh-utils >= 2.0-1 is needed by jre-1.5.0_06-fcs
fileutils >= 4.0-8 is needed by jre-1.5.0_06-fcs
gawk >= 3.0.4-1 is needed by jre-1.5.0_06-fcs
textutils >= 2.0-2 is needed by jre-1.5.0_06-fcs
/bin/sh is needed by jre-1.5.0_06-fcs
RESULT=1

Why not use the official Slackware package? http://slackware.it/en/pb/package.ph..._5_0_06-i586-1

shall give it a try. also i tried using the rpm2tgz command and it said it:
"ERROR: rpm2cpio failed. (maybe jre-1_5_0_06-linux-i586.rpm.bin is not an RPM?)"

downloaded the package and ran it in kpackage and it says:
installpkg //root/Desktop/jre-1_5_0_06-i586-1.tgz ;echo RESULT=$?
Installing package jre-1_5_0_06-i586-1...
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
jre: Java(TM) 2 Platform Standard Edition Runtime Environment, Version 5.0
jre:
jre: The J2SE(TM) Runtime Environment (JRE) is intended for software
jre: developers and vendors to redistribute with their applications.
jre: It contains the Java virtual machine, runtime class libraries, and
jre: Java application launcher that are necessary to run programs written
jre: in the Java programming language.
jre:
jre: If you need development tools, obtain the jdk from
jre: Sun Microsystems web page: http://java.sun.com/
jre:
Executing install script for jre-1_5_0_06-i586-1...

RESULT=0

and stops there

An exit code of 0 usually indicates sucess. What do you see if you do ls -l /var/log/packages | grep -i jre in a terminal?

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 30690 2006-02-05 19:21 jre-1_5_0_04-i586-2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31143 2006-02-16 02:39 jre-1_5_0_06-i586-1

firefox still doen't reconize that java's installed.
*well, i think it might just be gamesville. I was trying to get java to work so my mom could use this while her computer is being fixed. Gamesville says that my java version isn't compatable to run there games and that i have to have windows 95 or later and the latist version of internet explorer.

You've now got 2 versions of java installed. 1.5.0.04 was already there. If you installed 1.5.0.06 you needed to use upgradepkg. Normally from a console as root.

To get rid of the old Java package, in a terminal, as root, do removepkg /var/log/packages/jre-1_5_0_04-i586-2

In firefox, type the address aboutlugins and see if java's listed.

If all else fails, make sure there's a symlink to the java plugin in the firefox plugins folder. If it's not there, you can create it so:

EDIT:

damn smilies - that shoulda been about : plugins (but without the spaces)