Files with extension .bin

[gemm]

Hello,

I would like to install Java SDK. The files I could download for linux are with extension .bin:

jdk-6u7-linux-i586-rpm.bin
jdk-6u7-linux-i586.bin

What do I have to do with this files to install them on linux? I have tried to do something with my package manager, but it doesn't recognize them, and seems to expects only .rpm, or tar and zipped files (.tgz, tar.gz, etc.). Even if I don't use the package manager, how to make use of the files, once I have downloaded them. Thanks a lot in advance.

[daark.child]

What Linux distribution are you using. The rpm.bin file is for rpm based distros e.g. Fedora, openSUSE, Mandriva etc. The other bin file is for any distro. You first need to make the files executable e.g.

chmod +x jdk-6u7-linux-i586-rpm.bin

After that run

./jdk-6u7-linux-i586-rpm.bin

For the rpm.bin file, some rpms will be extracted and you should use the rpm command to install them. For the non rpm bin file, a directory which contains the java environment will be extracted. Move it to wherever you want java to be located.

[gemm]

Hi,
I am using Slackware, so I've downloaded the other file jdk-6u7-linux-i586-rpm.bin, made it executable and run it, and it ran successfully. Thank you.

[daark.child]

Hi,
I am using Slackware, so I've downloaded the other file jdk-6u7-linux-i586-rpm.bin, made it executable and run it, and it ran successfully. Thank you.

I'm happy to have helped.