Make sure you FTP it in binary mode
> Thanks Darryl, > > I was downloading it from my IE-5 pc and FTPing the file to RH Linux. I > right-clicked on the link and did a "save as" and it seems to be working. > > > T. K. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: A mailing list for discussion about Sun Microsystem's Java Servlet > API Technology. [mailto:SERVLET-INTEREST@;JAVA.SUN.COM]On Behalf Of > Darryl L. Pierce > Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 2:58 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Need help w/ java on linux > > > On 2002.11.14 15:52 Tom Kochanowicz wrote: > > I am trying to download the jdk for linux from Sun's web site > > http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/download.html > > > > For whatever reason I cannot download the software! I have tried > > google and > > downloading the blackdown version. What am I doing wrong? I have a > > dial-up > > connection. When I try to download (from the browser) I get a bunch of > > garbage. Please tell me what I'm missing. I am new to Linux but not > > java > > It sounds like you're trying to download an RPM file and the browser is > trying to open the file rather than saving it. Are you clicking on the > HTTP download link or the FTP download link? I had those problems > before with RedHat and Mozilla, but they've gone away since I switched > to Debian/Galeon. > > -- > Darryl L. Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Visit the Infobahn Offramp - <http://welcome.to/mcpierce> > "What do you care what other people think, Mr. Feynman?" > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body > of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". > > Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html > Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html > LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body > of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". > > Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html > Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html > LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html > ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
