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How to install Java Runtime Environment in Mandriva 2010

February 9th, 2010

Java (JRE) is a platform software needed to run Java based software on a computer. No matter its Linux or Windows, to run Java based application they will need this Java Runtime Environment.  This tutorial will guide you how to install Java JRE on Mandriva 2010. This tutorial also applied to other Linux system.

The Easy way

1. Go to System | Administration | Install & Remove Software. Then provide your root password to continue.

2. Type java on the find box.

3. On the search result, mark the “java-1.5.0-sun”. Then the system will display the dependency packages need to be installed. Then Press OK and it will start installing the java jre.

The Hard Way

1. Download the java binary file from here (rpm)

2. Go to terminal and become root. Simpy type su and followed with your root password

su
enter the root password

3. Change to the directory in which you want to install. Type

cd <directory> example:
cd /usr/java

4. Change the permission of the file you downloaded to be executable. Type:

chmod a+x jre-6u18-linux-i586-rpm.bin

5. Start the installation process. Type:

./jre-6u-linux-i586-rpm.bin

6. You are done installing jre-6 on Linux

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