Guest joel1a Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 (edited) Ok, I'm new with linux. I have downloaded the mandrake linux 10.1. Loaded it without problems as a dual boot (windows). I have taken the beginners course @ linux.org that helped me figure out how to move around. But I need to load up java.... For games mostly and I was able to press Ctrl-alt-f6 get in as root user, make a /java dir in /usr and move the j2re-1_4_2_06-linux-i586-rpm.bin file there. When I try to run it (./) I get Permission Denied WHY? It seems that the root is still off limits.... Please help. [moved from Software by spinynorman - welcome aboard :)] Edited December 24, 2004 by joel1a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris z Posted December 19, 2004 Report Share Posted December 19, 2004 (edited) you must make the .bin file executable. to do so, open a terminal as root & change to the directory where the .bin file is located. then, issue the following command........ chmod +x jdk-1_5_0_<version>-linux-i586.bin where <version> is the actual version number. then, you need to run the installer with this command........ ./jdk-1_5_0_<version>-linux-i586-rpm.bin that will create the .rpm file for installation. run that by doing the following......... rpm -iv jdk-1_5_0_<version>-linux-i586.rpm java will then be installed. all you'll need to do is get the plugins to work with various browsers. for a "how to", check HERE Chris Edited December 19, 2004 by chris z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joel1a Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 Cool! It works Thanks chris. Will that work for all bin files?.... Changing it to an executable, I mean? Say if I down load a game in a bin file? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris z Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 yes, all .bin must be chmod'd to make them executable. congrats, glad you got it working! if you check this out again & are having no problems, could you please mark this thread as "solved"? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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