First let me say I'm new to Linux, but I do run other programs on it
successfully.
I have two questions:
1. On Blackdown's mirror sites for JDK116_v5 they have two files beginning
with jdk... and differing only by the letter "b" toward the end. The one
without the "b" appears to be the one I want and uncompresses to the JDK.
The one with the "b" on the end won't even uncompress. What is it?
2. Having uncompressed JDK116v5 (the one without the "b" at the end) it
creates all the directories to hold the jdk. If I go into /jdk116v5/bin
and create a test.java file and then invoke "javac test.java", nothing
happens. I just get a command prompt back. No test.class file is created,
no errors, no messages, nothing. Both the test.java and the javac are in
that directory so paths shouldn't be the problem. Any ideas?
PS I should say this is on RedHat 5.0 and I used their package manager to
remove all Kaffe files. Also, I am using the glibc version which by the
tests Blackdown describes for telling which library you have, is the one I
need.
Any answers appreciated. JR
