> j2re-1_4_2_05-linux-i586.bin worked for me. If you want to run it as > root: > sudo ./j2re-1_4_2_05-linux-i586.bin > That's strange, when I did this, it just installed all the files to j2re-1_4_2_05-linux-i586/bin and not /bin and /lib etc. Did yours actually install to the directories?