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Name: nem0
Date: December 11, 2006 at 13:15:30 Pacific
OS: Unbuntu
CPU/Ram: 512mb
Comment:

Can anyone help? I'm getting this error when trying to install Java.
Could not open the file /home/username/
Desktop/jre-1_5_0_09-linux-i586.bin.
gedit has not been able to detect the character coding. Please check that you are not tyring to open a binary file. Select a character coding from the menu and try again.




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Response Number 1
Name: Guy
Date: December 11, 2006 at 15:48:01 Pacific
Reply:

Arghhhhhh....

with Ubuntu I would really suggest you use Synaptic to install the JRE.

On the menu: System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager

I know 1.5.0-08 is in the repositories.

Guy



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Response Number 2
Name: nem0
Date: December 12, 2006 at 05:41:42 Pacific
Reply:

Thanks for the info Guy but it didn't work. I believe the error also said something about character coding.

Is Linux this hard to learn? Would you know any good books out there? Ubuntu for dummies?


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Response Number 3
Name: Sci-Guy
Date: December 14, 2006 at 15:59:23 Pacific
Reply:

Ther's no need for any book. All the help you need is available at the Ubuntu Forums.

Please let us know if you found someone's advice to be helpful.


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