how to install java using .bin file from sun?

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sukotto · Post by **sukotto** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 9:56 pm

I downloaded j2sdk-1_4_1_07-linux-i586.bin from java.sun.com. It was the only 1.4.1 version I could find other than a Redhat RPM file.

So now what do I do? The old java instructions assume you have a tarball and java 1.3.x (and don't go into detail about how to set things up for the emerge).

Putting the .bin file in /usr/portage/distfiles dosen't help and, when I run the .bin file, it extracts to a whole directory. I tried copying the whole directory over but that didn't work either. Maybe I should tar.gz the directory and put it in /distfiles? If so, what do I name it and what do I do about the "java-sdk-docs" emerge?

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slate / # cd /usr/portage/distfiles/
slate distfiles # cp -r /tmp/java/j2sdk1.4.1_07 .
slate distfiles # emerge sun-jdk
Calculating dependencies ...done!
>>> emerge (1 of 3) dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.4.1 to /
>>> Unpacking source...

!!! ERROR: dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.4.1 failed.
!!! Function src_unpack, Line 18, Exitcode 0
!!! Please download j2sdk-1_4_1-doc.zip from http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/download.html and move it to /usr/portage/distfiles

Stage3 install using Aug'03 CD doing GRP as much as possible. My goal is to get a functioning machine then emerge -u world in the background while I use it for other things.

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USE="avi cjk crypt cups doc -gnome java jpeg junit -kde libwww -mozilla mpeg mysql perl png python readline spell ssl usb X xml zlib"

best wishes

Sukotto

yak8998 · Post by **yak8998** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 10:01 pm

a .bin is sometimes an ISO, is that maybe the solution?

EDIT: and the sun SDK is in emerge, its sun-j2se i believe

sukotto · Post by **sukotto** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 10:16 pm

I just found this other thread... somehow missed it during my first search for this info.

I don't know anything about adding/editing ebuilds so it will take me a while to figure out what the instructions there mean.

Maybe it's best to forget about Java until the rest of my system is working. It's already so hard to get the stuff setup, configured, and working that I don't know if I can spare the time to fight with this lower-priority thing. It's not like I really need it or anything. Kind of a shame that Sun makes it so hard to use their product. You'd think they didn't want you using it

I'd just install Blackdown but for some reason it has the sun java-docs as a dependency (even when I USE -java) . Oh well. On to more important things like mySQL and Apache!

Sukotto (not as bitter as I sound. It's just been a loooong day)

yuppienetworking · Post by **yuppienetworking** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 6:03 am

try USE="-docs" emerge sun-jdk

Sun makes it so hard to use their product. You'd think they didn't want you using it

I think so too... that's why I stick to blackdown

mtj · Post by **mtj** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 6:58 am

The .bin file in this case is nothing but a shar-archive with a little decoration, i.e. run it:

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# cd somewhere_to_unarc
# sh /some/path/j2sdk_1_4_1_07-linux-i586.bin

That's it. Dont forget to unset your CLASSPATH and change your JAVA_HOME environment variables before using.

Bye, Marc.

sukotto · Post by **sukotto** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 4:18 pm

Thanks mtj

emerge -U portage just borked my system so it will be a while before I can test your suggestion.