AW: how to use *.bin file in linux fedora core 3

[Stuart Sears]

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joe at illegal-access.de wrote:
> Hi yogesh,
> 
> are you installing java?!? These could be downloaded as "bin"-files.
> 
> First, make them executable:
>  chmod +x filename.bin
> then start the bin:
>   ./filename.bin
> (and see what hapens ;-)
>

OMG
do *not* do that unless you know what the files actually are.

besides, if you want Java, you *really* want jpackage rpms, which
integrate properly with FC in a way that the sun packages don't.

regards

Stuart
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