[AuckLUG] A simple question from a simply newby ...

[tich at clad.co.nz]

zed wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Using openSUSE 10.2 and my simle question is:
>
> having downloaded the Java Runtime Environment <jre-6u2-linux-i586.bin> I've
> realised I have no idea how to install it:-(
>
> Would some kind person tell me how to do so, please?
>
> BTW I have read through Reilly's SUSE Linux, the Linux Cookbook, and Linux
> in a Nutshell but either they don't contain what I need - becauset I can't
> find it - or I'm too obtuse to recognise it.
>   
my bet is that if you run

sh 'file jre-6u2-linux-i586.bin'

as root the install will start.