Installing Java on Linux

To install j2sdk1.4.2_04 on linux, download j2sdk-1_4_2_04-linux-i586.bin
and read installation instructions at Sun website http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/install-linux.html#install

Note that this software can be installed in any directory. After installation, make sure to add path to .../j2sdk1.4.2_04/bin to environmental variable PATH, and add path to .../j2sdk1.4.2_04/jre/lib/rt.jar to environmental variable CLASSPATH

Installing Package JavaBook

To install package javabook, download javabookEd3.zip. Then unzip in any directory of your choice, say X. It will create a subdirectory javabookEd3. Then add the following path to the environmental variable CLASSPATH ...path to.../X

You can download javabookdoc.zip to install HTML documents for javabook.

Installing Package JavaElements

To install package JavaElements download element.zip. Then unzip in any directory of your choice, say X. It will create subdirectories element, META-INF, structure. Then add following path to the environmental variable CLASSPATH ...path to.../X

You can download elementdoc.zip to install HTML documents for JavaElements

Installing BlueJ

To install BlueJ, download bluej-205.jar. Run  the installer by executing java -jar bluej-205.jar.
In the installer, select an installation directory and your JDK directory and install. In the installed bluej directory, you will find a file named bluej. Execute this file to start BlueJ.