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