How do I install a .bin file

[jacatone]

I downloaded the Java for Linux file and it's a .bin file. How would I install it? Please give me the commands with the following file name included:

jre-6u3-linux-i586.bin

Many thanks.

[Rog131]

Re: How do I install a .bin file

How to install ANYTHING in Ubuntu! tells:
http://monkeyblog.org/ubuntu/installing/

Custom Binary Installer (.bin, ...)
If the installer is called test.bin and is located on the user carl's desktop, you can run it inside your terminal with /home/carl/Desktop/test.bin. Keep in mind that the installer might not have permission to execute in your file-system...

The repositories (Kubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10)) have Sun java 6 (version: 6-03).

[jacatone]

Re: How do I install a .bin file

Didn't work. I wish people would just answer my question rather than throwing me off in another direction or giving me their advice. Really annoying.

[dibl]

Re: How do I install a .bin file

1. Save jre-6u3-linux-i586.bin to the directory /home/jacatone/Desktop.

2. Open Konsole,

cd Desktop

3.

sudo chmod +x jre-6u3-linux-i586.bin

4.

sudo sh ./jre-6u3-linux-i586.bin

[monte48lowes]

Re: How do I install a .bin file

http://www.java.com/en/download/help...selfextracting

These are the directions from the java website. The difference being that kubuntu does not have a root account and as such 'sudo'
will have to be used in place of 'su' as appropriate.

I found the link to the above website at the first google answer for the search "jre-6u3-linux-i586.bin". Here is the link to that search result: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=578010. The reason Rog answered your question as he did, is that venturing away from the repositories can lead to a system no longer compatible with normal fixes. When the system reaches that state, many users here will no longer be able to assist in getting the system working.

Mike