andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dear each > > Iceweasel is telling me that I have a missing plugin, the JRE, which I > need for a course. I have downloaded jre-6u1-linux-i586.bin (which is > the appropriate plug-in), but: > (i) is this the best thing to be using on a Lenny/Sid system and > (ii) if so, how do I go about installing a *.bin file on my system?
Enable non-free in your /etc/sources.list, like this e.g.: ,---- | deb http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free `---- Of course replace sid with what you are using. Then aptitude update and ,----[ aptitude search jre ] | p docbook-jrefentry - DocBook XML JRefEntry DTD | p libjrexx-java - automaton based regluar expression API for | p sun-java5-jre - Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 | i sun-java6-jre - Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 ( `---- Ah! Looks like you found what you needed! aptitude install sun-java5-jre (or 6) and you're done. > Many thanks > > A Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
