This may be a daft question but you have got the directory in your path?
Or if you are in the actual directory the current directory (ie. a period mark)?
Try ./java and see if this works.
Rob
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> From: G.P.Rastogi
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> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; KIRKBRIDE Rob
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> Subject: Unable to run SUn Java JDK v 1.3.0 on Linux
>
>
>
> I downloaded Sun JDK Standard Edition v 1.3.0 for Linux and executed
> the shell script sh ./j2sdk-1_3_0-forte_ce-1_0_2-linux.sh. It
> extracted
> all the files but after going into the /usr/local/jdk1.3/bin
> directory,
> when I gave the command 'java', it did not execute.
>
> On giving ls -l command in the /usr/loca;/jdk1.3/bin directory it
> displayed all the files (including java) as java -> java_wrapper.
> There were two additional files in the directory 'realpath' and
> '.java_wrapper'.
>
> On giving the executing sh ./realpath also nothing happened.
>
> I serached all over internet, but could be get a detailed answer which
> could resolve my problem.
>
> Please help me by detailing how do I run java SDK on Linux and what is
> the purpose of 'realpath' and .java_wrapper. Can I scrap them by
> changing links and simple use java ? If yes, what steps
> should I follow
> ?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help,
>
> Regards,
> GP
>
>
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