j2re

[avernus]

ok i installed j2re and i am trying to use programs that need it all i need to know is how to set j2re into my enviromental variables so the programs can find it.

[Icarus]

Huh? What??? :confused:
What distro, how did you install j2re, did you follow the insructions on Suns site?

And please don't double post and use some punctuation

[avernus]

sorry about the double posting. i installed it on mandrake 9.1 using j2re-1_4_2_03-linux-i586.bin and i have read the instructions but it doesn't tell you how to link atleast not that i have seen "one of my friends told me i need to link it" but i dont know how. any help would be usefull

[fatTrav]

what programs?

in /etc/profile you prolly need to add the jre bin path (here i use the j2sdk cos that is what i have...modify for your system)

PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2/bin

and then you can just go like "java -jar Some.jar" to run a jar file or whatever

i'm not clear on what you are asking, so this answer might not be clear. But you outta add that line in your profile so the bin dir is in your path...that might clear up what you are asking.

hth

travis

[voidinit]

I'm pretty sure you mean you want to install the Java Plugin so your web browser will run applets. If this is the case, you need to download the j2sdk from sun, not the j2re.

Once downloaded install it. Next, if you use Netscape for instance change to Netscape's directory and link back to the plugin file like this.

user@yourhost$>cd /usr/lib/netscape/plugins
user@yourhost:/usr/lib/netscape/plugins$>ln -s /usr/local/j2sdk1.4.2_03/jre/plugin/i386/ms610_gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so libjavaplugin_oji.so

Then run netscape and enjoy.