java install not working ;x
 

ok i followed the directions that are on the java site and in the post to solve all installation problems...everything works fine except for when i get to this step

rpm -iv j2re-1_4_2_04-linux-i586.rpm

i press enter and it just sits there...like no output no anything it doesnt evne bring up localhostsoandso@localhost $ and i can't put in any other commands or do anything except x out of the terminal. any suggestions for this?

ps i'm on fedora core.

pps yea i used root when typing above command