right ive done all that stuff with the /etc/profile thing and now java works i have JRE 1.4.2_01 installaed and when i try to run the installer i get this error:

Preparing to install...
Extracting the installation resources from the installer archive...
Configuring the installer for this system's environment...

Launching installer...

Error: Unrecognized JVM specific option `-Xmx100331648'.
Error: Unrecognized JVM specific option `-Xms16777216'.
Invocation of this Java Application has caused an InvocationTargetException. This application will now exit. (LAX)

Stack Trace:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: ZeroGd9
at ZeroGed.a(source file unknown:line unknown, pc 0x86f804a)
at ZeroGee.<init>(source file unknown:line unknown, pc 0x86add73)
at ZeroGed.<init>(source file unknown:line unknown, pc 0x822783a)
at ZeroGdv.a(source file unknown:line unknown, pc 0x8648147)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.Main.a(source file unknown:line unknown, pc 0x8691111)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.Main.c(source file unknown:line unknown, pc 0x86721ac)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.Main.main(source file unknown:line unknown, pc 0x832fac2)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke0(Method.java:nativ e)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:256)
at com.zerog.lax.LAX.launch(source file unknown:line unknown, pc 0x82b89d6)
at com.zerog.lax.LAX.main(source file unknown:line unknown, pc 0x82023ed)

what do i do?

The error you are receiving usually means that there are two or more java VMs on your machine and one of them is /usr/bin/java. Which more than anything points to kaffe or jdkgcj. In "The Solution To All Install Problems" I had stated to follow and do all steps because in one of those steps we removed dependency issues concerning kaffe or jdkgcj and removed them if they were present.

From the "SUN RPM METHOD"

<snip>

After doing that, I remove kaffe from my system but I have a dependency problem with my wizard packages. I do this command to keep that program around:

rpm -e kaffe --nodeps

This removes all instances of kaffe binaries from /usr/bin.

**Special Note**
rpm -e jdkgcj --nodeps

for those whom have this package installed on their system.
**End Special Note**
<snip>

Maybe I need to go back in there and clarify things but it is not easy to create a tutorial when there is no way to use html tags to provide "illustration". Visual examples are always best. I guess I can create a website and point everyone to that page. I will do that. New changes to my "Solutions" post to be made soon.

HTH

altoine