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

[zed]

tich at clad.co.nz wrote:

> 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.

Thanks for the very prompt response.  JRE now installed and I have printed
out y9our reply so that I can refere to it for future downloads of bin
files.

David
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David Love