>> However, the java runtime on your system is very old ... it needs to be >> updated. > > I realised this. I found I had the rpm.bin for j2re1.4.0_02. I think I > downloaded it long ago with an old version of jmol which I never > followed through with. I installed this and it put everything in > /usr/java/j2re1.4.0_02, but "java -version" still finds the old version.
Good. Do the following: #create a symbolic link to /usr/java/home ... good practice su cd /usr/java ln -s j2re1.4.0_02 home #edit the default path on the system emacs /etc/profile --------insert this at the bottom of the file--------- #add java to the front of the path for all users export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/home PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH --------done---------- Now, log out and log back in java -version This should allow you to run the app. Now, assuming that you need to take care of mozilla ... su cd /usr/lib/mozilla-* cd plugins ln -s /usr/java/home/jre/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so . I am not running Java 1.4.2, so I don't exactly remember whether that ns610 directory is there or not, but that is the general idea ... put a symbolic link to the correct libjavaplugin_oji.so in your /usr/lib/mozilla-*/plugins directory. > Do I need to put /usr/java/j2re1.4.0_02 in my path, or create links, or > delete the old java - /usr/bin/java or what? Do what I said above to put /usr/java/home/bin on the path before anything else. > Or is this just too old also and I need to download version 5.0? No. 1.4.2 is just fine. Since it installed on your machine then I would leave it alone. >> (RedHat 7.2 was announced in Jan 2002 ... you may want to consider >> installing something newer) > > I am very doubtfull about whether some ab initio codes run well on more > recent RHs. There were changes to gcc along the way. You would probably be OK running up to RH9 Perhaps even Fedora Core 1 would work OK. > I plan to upgrade linux on my laptop first and see whether > stuff still works without disrupting production on my main machine. Good idea. > I ran j2re-1_4_0_02-linux-i586-rpm.bin and it gave me > j2re-1_4_0_02-fcs-linux-i586.rpm. I then ran that as explained above. Good. >> Now, given the age of 7.2, this may not work ... but I suspect that it >> will. > > It seemed to. Miguel ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
