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Guest Fuhzy Wuzzie

OK, I finally got Java to install. It made me do:

chmod a+x jre-1_5_0-linux-i586.bin

in order for the install to work. I couldn't just go to the directory of the bin, then do ./

Are all programs like this? What does chmod a+x even mean?

Could this be the same problem I am having with my ATI drivers and my NForce drivers?

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As you already know, there is something wrong with your root account. This makes any diagnosis or fix impossible unless we could guess as to what happened. chmod is a way of setting permissions on a file. Generally, such files as what yopu are listing here need root permissions. I cannot explain why root works for you in this case but not in others. Something is missing.

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  What does chmod a+x even mean?

Could this be the same problem I am having with my ATI drivers and my NForce drivers?

 

Chmod a+x means: change permissions for all users (a)

and add (+) making it executable (x).

 

AFAIK the java install instructions always require that command, so it has nothing to do with anything else.

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