Re: Problem with Installing Java on Linux.

[ABrady <kcsmart kc rr com>]

On Thu, 04 Oct 2001 14:11:25 -0400 Ashley Thomas
<athomas unity ncsu edu> imparted to us:

> hi,
> 
> i downloaded j2sdk-1_3_0_02-linux-rpm.bin
> 
> did :
> 
> chmod a+x j2sdk-1_3_0_02-linux-rpm.bin
> ./j2sdk-1_3_0_02-linux-rpm.bin
> 
> it said Inflating j2sdk....rpm
> this created a j2sdk-1_3_0_02-linux-rpm
> 
> rpm -iv j2sdk-1_3_0_02-linux-rpm
> 
> But this did not install the necessary stuff.
> i mean there was nothing on the stdout also.
> 
> now when i do rpm -iv j2sdk ...rpm
> it says already installed.
> 
> but locate jdk does'nt show anything ?
> 
> any clues ??
> 
> thanks a lot
> ashley

For what it's worth, 'locate' doesn't do anything on new stuff. Before
it
knows anything about what's on the system, either cron or root need to
run the 'updatedb' command.

In your case, 'rpm -q  jdk' should get a proper reply. I realize the
original name was j2sdk, but that's not what it's called once installed.
I can rename the rpm 'RealPlayer-8.0-1.i386.rpm' to
'Hello-There-i386.rpm' if I choose. But, if I want to do a query, I
won't find it using the new name. It will always be install as
RealPlayer.

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