I ran the command 'dpkg -i jdk-common_1.0.2-7.deb' to install the Java libraries on my computer. The program succesfully installed I believe. When I typed 'java' on the command line I got the message 'bash> java: command not found'.
Why doesn't this work? When I go to 'usr/lib/jdk/' I find a 'classes.zip' file and an empty 'classes' directory. I didn't try to unzip 'classes.zip' since I remember from the jdk on windows that some files need to remain zipped to run correctly. However, shouldn't there be 'java.class' and 'javac.class' files somewhere that are runnable? Possibly the jdk needs to be added to the CLASSPATH for Bash to find the file and this wasn't done automatically by dpkg. What file would this be in Linux? Possibly 'etc/profile'? Could anyone that's previously installed this package help please. The reason I'm installing the JDK is in order to run the Java IDE FreeBuilder, downloaded from 'leb.net/pub/freebuilder/FreeBuilder.jar'. Is the above jdk the correct version? From the numbers it appears to be version 1.0.2, whereas I believe FreeBuilder requires jdk 1.1 or higher. If so this means I need to install the jdk from something other than a .deb file, which I'm not sure how to do. Is the correct procedure to unzip your file then run 'install filename'? If so, do I need to know the correct directories for everything to go in and which configuration files to update? For jdk, what would this be? Also, I noticed that FreeBuilder.jar has a .jar ending which I find odd. The instructions say to just run 'java FreeBuilder.jar' but I don't see why this should execute correctly. (Not a .class file) Continuing on with the neverending array of questions, I just installed XF86 on my machine. It now starts when I type 'startx', but beyond that I have no idea what it's supposed to do. For instance I can't even change the font size on the command prompt it displays. (Presently much too small to be useable) Is there a config file I'm supposed to change to fix this? Thinking what I need is a windows manager I installed 'afterstep_1.0-1.deb'. When I type 'afterstep' on the command line I get 'afterstep: can't open display'. If I type it on the command line inside XF86 I get 'WM already running'. Is afterstep supposed to replace XF86 or work in conjunction with it? I actually have no idea what these programs are supposed to do. There must be more than this though. On the advice of previous e-mails on this mailing list I would like to try out the windows manager 'icewm', 'gnome', and 'gmc' (Which is actually Midnight Cowboy?). However, I can't find .deb files for these programs. Which leads us back to the previous question as to how to install software that's not packaged as .deb files. Two more questions concerning Linux commands. I have been trying to make the 'pon' command accessible when I log in as a user. (It works fine when log in as root) I have succefully added 'theuser' to the 'dip' group in '/etc/group'. Apparently I also need to change the ownership of certain files/directories from 'root' to 'dip'. A previous e-mail identified /etc/chatscript/, /etc/chatscript/provider, and /etc/ppp/peers/provider. 'ls -l' gave me the following ownership's for what I believe are the files/directory I need to change on my system. d r w _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 root root ppp (directory) _ r w _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 root root ppp.chatscript _ r w _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 root root ppp.options_out What command do I use to change the ownership of these files, not just the permission level? Are these the correct files/directory to change? Also, previously I had erronously changed the dialin group with adduser username dialin Is there a command to reverse this addition. e.g. something like 'deluser'? Thanks for any help someone can pass on. I know there a lot of questions here, but I don't know how else to solve these problems and I would be overjoyed if I could actually get all this stuff running. Dennis Dixon P.O. Box 1896 Fort Bragg, CA 95437 (707) 964-2979 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dixonadvise.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]