how do i uninstall a bin file

[cranston]

i have just installed the java run time environment (jre-6u21-linux-i586.bin) in the wrong directory on my desktop version of Ubuntu. i wish to uninstall the files that are in the incorrect location and then install these files in the correct directory (/usr/local/jrel.6.0_21). i cannot remove the incorrectly located files. the command rm -R does not work, it claims that no such directory exists. the result of ls -l shop it to have the following permissions (drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 2010-07-25 12:33 jre1.6.0_21). i cannot change into the directory. the lsattr attributes of the directory are --- --- --- ---. i cannot move the directory and files as again the directory does not exist.

i have also used apt-get remove but still no success

the question is how do i uninstall these bin directory/files???

[MikeTbob]

See this link, it explains things pretty well.
Easy Linux tips project: Oracle (Sun) Java JRE

[cranston]

thanks for the advice MikeTbob but it did not work, whatever i tried from the command line failed. I succeeded removing the directory/file by using the gui dolphin. bye