Installing java error

[Net Llama!]

Harry G wrote:
> I am trying to install java 1.4.  I saved the file in:
> 
> linux:/usr/local/java # ls
> .  ..  j2re-1_4_0_01-linux-i586.bin
> 
> Then I try to run it by doing:
> linux:/usr/local/java # ./j2re-1_4_0_01-linux-i586.bin
> 
> It returns:
> bash: ./j2re-1_4_0_01-linux-i586.bin: bad interpreter: Permission denied
> 
> I am running it in a terminal with root permissions.  What am I doing wrong?

Whose Java is this, Sun or IBM?  Did you make that file executable? 
Perhaps the download was corrupted?

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