question about installing

[Sunny Sandhu]

Hi, 

i'm not sure if this is the right email address to send a question of
this nature to, i apologize if it isn't.

I just downloaded the file jdk_1.1.6-v5-glibc-x86-tar.bz2 and i am
unsure how to install it.  I am new to Linux, and i am aware of the
command 'tar zxvf filename', but i get an error message that it doens't
look like a tar archive.  i tried renaming to a .Z and .tar extension
but it didn't work.

thanks.