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----- Original Message -----
From: tazmun
To: newbie
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 7:02 PM
Subject: Fw: [newbie] problems installing runtime environment file from Sun
----- Original Message -----
From: tazmun
To: Franki
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 6:54 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] problems installing runtime environment file from Sun
Thanks all for your suggestions on this installation. By changing
permissions and using midnight commander I was able to get it installed.
Now all I have to do is get Star office to recognise it. considering
reinstalling star office hoping it will see the environment.....so far no
go. Every step with Linux is a struggle, but I hope it pays off. I'm
hoping 8.0 will be an improvement as far as user friendliness. Plan to buy
that as soon as it comes out in the stores. Can anyone tell me if the
downloads for 8.0 have as much of the extra software included as the
official released version that is for sale?
----- Original Message -----
From: Franki
To: tazmun
Cc: Rules Address for MDK
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 3:08 AM
Subject: RE: [newbie] problems installing runtime environment file from Sun
type in mc at the command line, (you need to have midnight comander
installed, but you probably do anyway)
That will ring up a lovely blue screen you can navigate around in,, (self
explanitory when you see it..)
go to where your rpm is,, then highlight in in MC (again, self explanitory
when you see it.) and press enter...
you will go into the rpm where you can see two options, upgrade and install,
choose the one you want, highlight it and press enter,, it will then install
or upgrade it for you...
Thats they way I did things before getting more familiar with things
myself...
I think mc is a very underrated tool considering what it adds to the
console....
regards
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of tazmun
Sent: Friday, 4 May 2001 2:18 PM
To: newbie
Subject: [newbie] problems installing runtime environment file from Sun
Hi All
I am very new to Linux and the command line is very intimidating yet. I
have downloaded a supposedly self extracting file (.bin) as well as the rpm
version of the file. They suggest in the install directions that this be
done from the command line and tell you that by using a command(./) on both
of the files will start a script asking if you agree to their agreement
first. This command on either file just gets me a permission denied error
whether I'm logged on as a user or as root. This file is to install the
runtime java enviroment required by Staroffice for any java applications to
function. The file will not run in kpackage in the rpm version
either......if you try to execute it it will error and say is it not
executeable. I am running Mandrake 7.1 for now. I've also tried the
rpm -ivh and -iv commands to no avail either.....help please.....I hate the
Redmond gang but this is driving me nuts too!!
Anyone helping here please assume I know nothing of the command line in
their directions.
Tazmun
