[SLUG] Crap java question

[John Allsopp]

OK, so who knows what a .bin file's supposed to do?

J

John Allsopp wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I'm trying to install a java program (optilink 
> http://www.windrosesoftware.com/optitools/download.html ), and I've got 
> to the bit where I go
> 
> ./jinstall.bin
> 
> and it says:
> 
> Preparing wizard...
> Searching for JVM...
> java version "1.4.2"
> gij (GNU libgcj) version 4.1.2 20070626 (Red Hat 4.1.2-13)
> 
> Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
> 
> Unable to find JRE 1.4.1 on your system.
> 
> 
> Now, it's all a bit weird. I'm running Fedora something or other, I 
> thought 5 but it appears 6 has been around for a while so maybe I'm 
> running that (how do I tell?) I run the updates every time I reboot, 
> anyway.
> 
> If I type java at the console I get taken to, is it gij?
> 
> Yet if I run a program I wrote yonks ago: java myprogram, it works fine.
> 
> I tried it before 'installing the latest java' as suggested, and I did 
> that too, made no difference.
> 
> So I've no clue what's going on.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Cheers
> J