Installation Notes
Java 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition, Version 1.2.2 for Linux
Linux/Intel-based (x86) machines running Linux kernel v 2.2.5 and Glibc v 2.1
Linux Installation Instructions
The installation and configuration process can be broken down
into the following steps:
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Do pre-installation checks
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Unpack the downloaded file
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Delete the original file you downloaded (optional)
Please note, for any command lines on this page containing the following
notation, you must substitute the appropriate update version number for the
notation.
<version number>
For example, if you are downloading update 1.2.2_008, the following
tar command:
% tar xvzf jre-1_2_2_<version number>-linux-i586.tar.gz
would become:
% tar xvzf jre-1_2_2_008-linux-i586.tar.gz
1.
Do pre-installation checks
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Check the size of your downloaded file.
Before you download a file, notice that its byte size is provided
on the download page. Once the download has completed, check that you
have downloaded the full, uncorrupted software file.
2.
Unpack the downloaded software file
If you unpack the software or documentation in a directory
that contains a directory named jre1.2.2, the new software will
overwrite files of the same name in that jre1.2.2 directory. Please
be careful to rename the old directory if it contains files you would like
to keep.
Depending on the format you have downloaded,
execute the following command(s) in a shell window:
% tar xvzf jre-1_2_2_<version number>-linux-i586.tar.gz
Or, if you prefer, uncompress and untar the file using 2 separate steps:
% gunzip jre-1_2_2_<version number>-linux-i586.tar.gz
% tar xvf jre-1_2_2_<version number>-linux-i586.tar
This will create a directory called jre1.2.2 containing the Java 2
Runtime Environment in bin and lib subdirectories.
3.
Delete the original file you downloaded
If you want to recover disk space, delete the file you downloaded.
Feedback
To submit comments or suggestions about the Java 2 SDK, please
send email to the appropriate engineering team from the list
at Java Software email addresses.
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