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
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