installing jedit on fedora core 4

[livestrong]

Hi Everyone,

I have downloaded the jedit4.3pre8install.jar but i cannot execute this file, it is supposed to be a java insatller for any os, I have only recently installed this os, should i be able to use the jar command to exectute this file or do i need to install a jre??

Any help would be great.

 

[sbrews]

You will need some version of Java Run Time Envirnment.
I havent played with Fedora Core (any version), but I am assuming it still uses rpm to install/manage packages. Issue this command to see if you have a Java RTE installed:

rpm -qa | grep -i java

On my Suse system (with a Java RTE installed), the above returns this:

java-1_4_2-sun-plugin-1.4.2.11-1.1
java-1_4_2-sun-1.4.2.11-1.1

If you dont have a Java RTE installed, you should be able to find the appropriate JRE here:

http://java.sun.com/products/archive/index.html

Once the RTE is installed, you "should" then be able to install jedit*.jar

 

[livestrong]

Hi again,

Thanks for the info, i downloaded j2re-1_4_2_13-linux-i586.bin
and ran this in my home dir , this created j2re1.4.2_13 directory,

I still cannot execute my jedit4.3pre8install.jar file.

I can use the jvmjar, can this execute the jedit file??

Thanks