RE: [newbie] JDK

[Mark Stewart]

Title: RE: [newbie] JDK

Hi Aaron,

 

J2EE is not a complete runtime the way the J2SE or even J2ME are. It is a set of additional libraries that assume an installed JDK (provided by J2SE).

 

I don't see any Linux files that have a .z extension. The only .z files are for Solaris which may still not support gnuzip out-of-the-box. You might have a somewhat older version but gnuzip should be able to handle Solaris compress format (.z) just fine. You get errors if you run 'tar xvfz <the tar.z file>?  The z option invokes gunzip as part of the untarring operation.

 

The download pages for 1.3.1_04 and 1.4.0_01 offer a "RedHat" rpm.bin file. I've used the rpm with Mandrake in previous versions without trouble. You just make sure the file is executable (chmod +x <the rpm.bin file>) and run it.  It puts up the license agreement stuff and leaves a .rpm file in the same directory when its done. Become root and install the rpm (rpm -ivh <the .rpm file>). This is probably the simplest way to install. They also have a self-installing shell script version where you just have to execute the file you download. Haven't tried that one but it should be fine.

 

Hope this helps,

::mark

 

 

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Hello All!

I'm a Java developer that's recently migrated to Linux from Windows, but I'm not making too much progress in some areas.

I'm trying to install J2EE and seem to be hittin' brick walls. I've downloaded various files from Sun, but cannot seem to open those that have a '.z' extension, and I'm not finding a way to "untar" them via a terminal. It seems that I have to install the standard developer's kit before I can install the enterprise edition. Am I mistaken? If so that would make things much, much easier. Also, any advise on setting up the shell scripts?

Any input would be wonderful!

Cheers!

Aaron

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Aaron, the files that have the .z extension, are they actually .gz? If so you untar them with: tar -xvzf file.name.gz and then you will have the make and make install commands to get them compiled. More help on the list if needed. HTH

Dennis M.