Hi Herbert,
Thanks for the reply, As I am new to Linux I would like to organise
things in a neat way that's why I asked the question. I will install it
on the /usr/bin directory. The Sun site does give me instructions on how
to install it but not the preferred location. The other question is how
do I make the JAVA tools accessible from any directory? i.e. if I want
to run a java program I don't need to be in the tools directory, similar
to PATH in windows.
Best regards
		Luis



-----Original Message-----
From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf
Of Herbert Graf
Sent: 12 June 2006 14:02
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: RE: [OT] Installing java sdk1.5.0_07 in SUSE 10.1

On Mon, 2006-06-12 at 11:13 +0100, Luis Moreira wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> I am very new to Linux and I need to install JAVA SDK so my questions
> are:
> Which file shall I use
> 				jdk-1_5_0_07-linux-i586-rpm.bin
> 				or
> 
> 				jdk-1_5_0_07-linux-i586.bin

Java on linux is one of those things that Sun just isn't willing to put
enough effort in to make it simple for the end user. For an experienced
user the install procedure isn't too bad, but for a person newer to
Linux it can get damn confusing.

I'm not sure if SUSE has RPM support (it probably does), but even if it
does, go for the second one (without the "rpm" string in it). Running
that will basically ask you to agree to the license, and then extract
the files into the directory you specify.

> and in which directory should I install it(I was thinking of the /opt
> directory).

Anywhere you want! Of course, some places are a better idea then others.
If you want all users to be able to access the SDK I'd install in
the /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin area. Personally I simply follow, step by
step, the instructions sun provides. I can't find the specific package
your trying to install on Sun's site, so I can't give you a link to
their instructions. Go to Sun's site and search for the relevant install
instructions.

Thanks, TTYL 


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