this is an easier (and shorter) way to do the same
thing on RH 6.0+
# tar -xvIf *.tar.bz2
Nikhil.
--- "D. K. Gayen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The command for expanding *.bz2 files is bunzip2.
> The syntax for expanding a
> *.tar.bz2 file is something like *.tar.bz2 | bunzip2
> - | tar xvf - -C
> /yourdirectory. I found some documentation regarding
> Java installation on
> Linux at
>
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/programming/javaintro1.html
>
> Gayen
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Soumyanath Chatterjee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2000 3:06 PM
> Subject: Howto install jdk from *.bz2 files
>
>
> > I tried to install java from PC Quest's CD. For
> Linux it has some files
> with
> > bz2 extension. How to install these files ?
> >
> > Unfortunately, I could not find any documentation
> for installing jdk on
> > Linux platform :-(
> >
> > - Soumya
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > ---
> > URL: http://www.geocities.com/soumyanath
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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