JRE and foo.jar

[Peter Silcock]

javac javac wrote:

>I downloaded the JRE from <http://www.java.com/> and it nicely created a directory j2re1.4.2_04.  now i've downloaded jedit41install.jar from <http://www.sourceforge.net> and can't figure what to do with it.
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>I'd like to know how to un-jar (the acronym seems similar to tar) foo.jar from the command line, please.
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>[net Desktop]$ /home/net/Desktop/j2re1.4.2_04/bin/java jedit41install.jar
>Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: jedit41install/jar
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>thanks,
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>javac at mail dot com
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No need to unpack the file, simply CD to the directory containing the 
JAR file and enter  "java -jar jedit41install.jar" on the command line.  
This starts the installation dialog.
Peter