Linux Download and Installation




1) After clicking to the Linux Installation, scroll to the above section and click Continue for the RPM installation package.




2) You will then be asked to read the User Agreement, after doing so click accept to agree and continue this installation.




3) Sun has many options from where you can download the JDK package. Recommendations are for HTTP download, although you are more than welcome to use the ftp links. Click your choice.






4) Choose "Save this file to disk" from the File Download window, pick a location (desktop recommended), and click "Save".
*NOTE* You may be on a Linux system during this installation process. If so, your windows will obviously look different, and you should save this package in your home directory.
If you are on a *unix system, you can use the wget command to get the package, although netscape will suffice.

5) After you have completed the download of the package, you will need to transfer the file to your linux box. If you are already on the system with the package local, continue to step 6.

6) You will then need to access some sort of shell on your linux machine. Below is an example of a shell, and an installation of the package. Of course your environments will vary, however if you are running linux you are probably familiar with your own environments.





Installation





1) First you need to make the downloaded file executable, so you can self-extract the contents. You can do so by typing:






2) Secondly, you need to extract the contents from the self-extracting file by typing:



After you read the agreement, answer yes if you agree to continue the installation and extraction.


3) Third, you need to become the root user of the machine. You can do this by typing "su".



4) Fourth, you will install the JDK 1.3.1 RPM package by typing:
    rpm -iv jdk-1.3.1.i386.rpm

5) Lastly, click here for instructions on updating your path.