On Sat, 2005-08-06 at 18:31 +0000, duffmckagan wrote:
I downloaded the jre-1_5_0_01-linux-i586-rpm.bin files and then run it as ./jre-1_5_0_01-linux-i586-rpm.bin.
It resulted in an rpm file. and then i used rpm -iv jre-1_5_0_01-linux-i586-rpm
Everything went fine and I didn't get any error. But when I do java -version ......i don't get any output.
I would like to know whether java is installed on my system or not.
PS: I have carried out all the proceses as root.
You still need to add the JAVA_HOME environment variable and add the $JAVA_HOME/bin directory to your path. I usually do this in my .bash_profile
Look in /usr/java for the directory containing all the java install. I usually install the jdk, not the jre, so the location may be different.
Rich