Installing Java Run time Problem

[Janet]

Here is what Ive done I get to the rpm part then I get the the below error. I do the force command and same error again. What next ?? I ok`d the licience that part went OK. Just the force part. Any suggestions ??
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Run the rpm command to install the packages:
rpm -iv j2re-1_3_0_02-linux.rpm
This will install the packages comprising the Java 2 Runtime Environment.
Note: It can happen that your installation may fail with a message such as "glibc*>=*2.1.2-11*is*needed*by*jre-1.3" even though glibc 2.1.2 (or greater) is on your system. This can happen when your glibc was not installed as part of an rpm package and is therefore not on the rpm file list. In that case, this J2RE rpm installation package won't recognize that glibc is installed. To force the J2RE installation to proceed, use the --force option:
rpm -iv --force j2re-1_3_0_02-linux.rpm
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[Lorithar]

*umms*

what version of glibc IS installed ... *grin* ...

ls -l /usr/lib/glibc*
rpm -qa|grep glibc

my libc is in /lib ... but the normal install is in /usr/lib ... ??? *looks at his libs .. * thats weird man ...

[Janet]

I typed rpm -q glibc and I got back glibc-2.1.2-9mdk.
Doing the ls didnt give me anything and rpm -qalgrep glibc told me I could only do one thing at a time.

[bdg1983]

Sorry, I don't have an answer for you.

Have you tried Mandrake's support/knowledgebase or the same at Sun? Anything in the faq's at either site? Tried searching Google ( www.google.com/linux (http://www.google.com/linux) ) for the error message or Java Runtime?

Someone must have run into the same problem as yours and has posted the solution somewhere.