How to install .bin files in RHEL or CentOS 5 ?
How to install .bin files in RHEL or CentOS 5 ? The *.bin files are Self extracting packages just like rpm packages. Here i am installing JAVA 6 with " jre-6u23-linux-i586.bin " package. So take a look ... To install Java with .bin file, first give it execution permission by #chmod 777 jre-6u23-linux-i586.bin (Very important step) Now just run it with #./jre-6u23-linux-i586.bin Installed ... Now to configure any settings you have to see it's manual or README file if provided with package, because every utility have different configuration steps.