On 07/01/2011 06:09 PM, Yasha Karant wrote: > I have installed the jre6u24 with no issue; it may be a 32 bit version > so that it works with 32 bit Firefox 5.
Did you install it in a similar way, i.e. in a non-default path after extracting the RPM from the binary installer? K. > > Yasha Karant > > On 07/01/2011 08:52 AM, Kenneth Hoste wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I was looking into installing a Java JDK 1.6.0 on our Scientific Linux 6 >> systems, and found it to fail. >> We need to install Java under a non-default path, e.g. /path/to/java, >> and therefore extract the RPM found on the Oracle website from the RPM >> binary installer using: >> >> ./jdk-6u26-linux-x64-rpm.bin -x >> >> We then install the RPM obtained this way as follows: >> >> rpm --initdb --dbpath /rpm --root /path/to/java >> rpm -i --dbpath /rpm --root /path/to/java --relocate /=/path/to/java >> --nopre --nopost --nodeps jdk-6u26-linux-amd64.rpm >> >> The last command is failing with: >> >> error: Unable to change root directory: Operation not permitted >> >> This way of installing the Java JDK has worked fine in our previous SL5 >> setup. >> >> I should add that RHEL6 or SL6 is not listed as supported on the Oracle >> website, see >> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/system-configurations-135212.html >> >> . >> >> Has anyone been able to install an Oracle Java JDK 6 RPM on SL6 (or >> RHEL6)? >> >> greetings, >> >> Kenneth >> [email protected]
