From owner-freebsd-java Wed Dec 16 04:49:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA07894 for freebsd-java-outgoing; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 04:49:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailout08.btx.dtag.de (mailout08.btx.dtag.de [194.25.2.156]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id EAA07889 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 04:49:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Roland.Reimer@t-online.de) Received: from fwd12.btx.dtag.de (fwd12.btx.dtag.de [194.25.2.172]) by mailout08.btx.dtag.de with smtp id 0zqGDr-0004z8-00; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 13:38:35 +0100 Received: from p-100 (0431241894-0001(btxid)@[62.156.60.213]) by fwd12.btx.dtag.de with smtp id ; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 13:38:14 +0100 Message-Id: To: Subject: Failed installation of jdk1.1.7 Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 13:37:53 +0100 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Sender: 0431241894-0001@t-online.de From: Roland.Reimer@t-online.de (Roland Reimer) Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org dear sirs, we want to run on our server (solaris - freeBSD) a java-based chat. from the beginning we had a lot of problems - it seems with the java-runtime-installation. what we did: 1. we downloaded the file jdk1.1.7.V98-11-5.tar.gz 2. loading, windows 95 renamed it to jdk1_1_7_V98-11-5_tar 3. we gave it the normal name and transfered it to our server to /usr/local (as written in the manual) 4. we tried to expand the file by the command tar zxvpf jdk1.1.7.V98-11-5.tar.gz -C /usr/local, but it did not work (message: usage: tar -{txru}[cevfbmopwBHLPX014578] [tapefile] [blocksize] file1 file2... 5. so our technical support extracted the file by typing gunzip jdk1.1.7.V98-11-5.tar.gz 6. the file (13 MB) extracted to 35 MB 7. by typing the command tar zxvpf jdk1.1.7.V98-11-5.tar.gz the folder jdk1.1.7 and then /bin /demo /include /lib and /src in jdk1.1.7 where created 8. during the running listing on telnet we got a lot of messages ...problems with GUI... 9. we unzipped the source.zip 10. in the file .cshrc we added the path /usr/home/dobis/usr/local/jdk1.1.7/bin so that (as written in the manual) the command % which java causes the right path 11. by starting the configure-file of the chat-server (spin-chat), we had to name the full path of the java-runtime and it created the startchat.sh 12. when executing this file, we got the message Couldn't open /usr/libexec/ld.so. 13. using our FTP-programm we couldn't find any files in the folder /usr/libexec 14. the chat-creator meaned, that it's a sign for a not correctly installed java-runtime what did we wrong? what can we do, to get a running java-runtime? if you need the IP, login and pass we will send it immediatly we are totally frusted, working days and weeks to install the runtime and the chat - but nothing works thanks for your help Roland Reimer, Germany _______________________________________ Nordwelt digital Internet-Dienstleistungen R. Reimer Friedrichstraße 3 --- 24226 Heikendorf info@nordwelt.de _______________________________________ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message