From owner-freebsd-java Thu Feb 19 17:01:14 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA05331 for freebsd-java-outgoing; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 17:01:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from orion.ign.com.au (root@orion.ign.com.au [203.30.192.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA05232 for ; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 17:00:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from psl@ign.com.au) Received: from claude3 (usr-ppp51.ign.com.au [203.30.192.115]) by orion.ign.com.au (8.8.8/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA02112 for ; Fri, 20 Feb 1998 12:00:02 +1100 Message-ID: <34ECD681.41C67EA6@ign.com.au> Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 12:04:01 +1100 From: Philip Sydney Lavers Organization: GeoBits Pty Ltd X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: i downloaded java now what? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I have down loaded java and installed it in /usr/local/jdk1.1.5 as recommended I did this because my Netscape 3.01 will not view a web site, www.geobits.com that my kids gave me as a birthday present, although any of my win95 browsers see it ok I thought the problem might have been a lack of java on my system Now I have more problems that I am not competent to solve: 1 I had to su to root to get the tar to work. now Icant get into the /usr/local/jdk1.1.5 as an ordinaryt user 2 even when i su back to root and get ino /usr/local/jdk1.1.5/demo/Clock say what do I do to run the demonstration? Is there some sort of exe or bin somewhere that I should invoke first I can navigate into the demo files with my navigator (funnily as a user, not root) but I cant get any demos to run - all I get is a java source code listing i am trying to eschew Microsoft and encourage others to do the same via FreeBSD or Linux, but it is an uphill battle all the way. I realise everything would be easier if i were an unix guru, but i am not and have better things to do than to try to become one. I would be grateful for some help. ps Netscape help does not reply to my problem report thanking you To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message