Here's a link to specific instructions to install java. This will work
on most distributions and I have specifically used it on Mandrake:

http://www.uselinuxathome.com/ENjava.htm

When the instruction say to download the installer, don't follow the
link, go directly to the sun/java site at
http://www.java.com/en/download/installed.jsp.
Hope this helps.

Donn

On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 11:56:53 -0800 (PST), D - <rob0t163@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hola,
> I'm trying to install java on my system and can't get
> it to work.  The solution may be something really
> easy: I read on the java site that you must be running
> Red Hat, TurboLinux or SLEC.  I also read that
> Mandrake is based on Red Hat, so will this work for
> me?
> 
> What I did was download the file, change it's
> permission and then run it.  It came up with a legal
> agreement which I said yes to, but then it didn't
> extract any files.  Did I miss something or will it
> just not work for Mandrake?
> 
> Thanks,
> rob0t163
> 
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