Mrs. Blaileen

If this is the right place- hope it is!

I have downloaded this file jre-6ui-linux-i586-rpm.bin to my desktop,
and cannot for the life of me figure out how to install it correctly using
the instructions given on the PluginDoc page, or the Java.com download
page. If anyone can give me a step-by-step-for-dummies-instructions
it would be greatly appreciated.

cjessee

you have to make the file executable -

Open a console session and then you should be able to type:

chmod a+x jre-6ui-linux-i586-rpm.bin

This should allow you to type

jre-6ui-linux-i586-rpm.bin and start the installation.

Mrs. Blaileen

Is a console session the same thing as the root terminal?
I opened the root terminal, and typed it in.

root@ace-mom-desktop:/home/ace-mom# chmod a+x jre-6ui-linux-i586-rpm.bin
chmod: cannot access `jre-6ui-linux-i586-rpm.bin': No such file or directory

bkubes

try
ls to make sure your in the same directory as jre-6ui-linux-i586-rpm.bin (thats an L as in LS)

and if you are

chmod +x jre-6ui-linux-i586-rpm.bin
./jre-6ui-linux-i586-rpm.bin

Mrs. Blaileen

Do I need to create that directory? Thanks for helping me, by the way!

bash: ./jre-6ui-linux-i586-rpm.bin: No such file or directory

I typed in ls:

root@ace-mom-desktop:/home/ace-mom# ls
Desktop may09firestarter-events.txt New Database.odb
Examples may11firestarter-events.txt Unsaved Document 1
Firefox_wallpaper.png may13firestarter-events.txt
firestarter-events.txt may14firestarter-events.txt

bkubes

Did you download it to your desktop?
Or do you otherwise know where its saved to?

cjessee

Is jre-6ui-linux-i586-rpm.bin listed when you type ls?

Mrs. Blaileen

It is on my desktop.

bkubes

Good! It should work this time.

cd Desktop
chmod a+x jre-6ui-linux-i586-rpm.bin
./jre-6ui-linux-i586-rpm.bin

Mrs. Blaileen

Nope. I copied and pasted the results in a previous post, it's all other files.

cjessee

bkubes command line should work then... sorry I missed the ls. Enjoy Linux.

Mrs. Blaileen

This is as far as I got:

root@ace-mom-desktop:/home/ace-mom# cd
root@ace-mom-desktop:~#


It doesn't see it, even on my desktop.
root@ace-mom-desktop:~# chmod a+x jre-6ui-linux-i586-rpm.bin
chmod: cannot access `jre-6ui-linux-i586-rpm.bin': No such file or directory

Should I reboot? Maybe move the file somewhere it can see it?

Mrs. Blaileen

Thank you.


I think I better just read up on my new operating system, I should know how to do this.

bkubes

It doesn't seem like you ever changed directories to your desktop??

try

cd ~/Desktop
chmod a+x jre-6ui-linux-i586-rpm.bin
./jre-6ui-linux-i586-rpm.bin

or

chmod a+x ~/Desktop/jre-6ui-linux-i586-rpm.bin
~/Desktop/jre-6ui-linux-i586-rpm.bin

Mrs. Blaileen

It says it lives here, and here are the properties, if that helps:

Type: shell script
Size: 17.7 MB (18523974 bytes)
Location: /home/ace-mom/Desktop
Mime Type: application/x-shellscript

It doesn't see the desktop:

root@ace-mom-desktop:/home/ace-mom# cd ~/Desktop
bash: cd: /root/Desktop: No such file or directory

bkubes

Well, I missed you were logged in as root.

cd /home/ace-mom/Desktop
chmod a+x jre-6ui-linux-i586-rpm.bin
./jre-6ui-linux-i586-rpm.bin


sorry about that! Hope it works.

Mrs. Blaileen

I got as far as this:
root@ace-mom-desktop:/home/ace-mom/Desktop#


I think I will study on this and try again tommorow. I just switched from WinXP
and this Linux is a whole nuther ballgame, but I like it and I will learn it.
I thank you for your time, it has helped me get farther with this.

Mrs. Blaileen

I think I've got it solved!

I went to Main Menu > System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager
> Not Installed > found sun-java6-bin, sun-java6-jre, and sun-java6-plugin
marked them for installation, and hit apply, and viola! they are installed.

Thanks again for helping me sort this out- I learned alot.