I think er0k was a little confused with what str34m3r had originally said. When you chmod 700 it makes the file readable, writeable, and executable by the owner. Once you have made the file executable, execute this command:

./j2re-1_3_1_04-linux-i586-rpm.bin

This will create the rpm for you to install. Once the rpm is made then execute the command:

rpm -Uvh j2re-1_3_1_04-linux-i586.rpm <or whatever the name of file is>

This will install JRE in the path /usr/java/j2re-1_3_1/ or something like that. Add this to your PATH and you'll be able to run programs that require java. This is how I had to install JRE for using Limewire for Linux. Now, I did this on a Mandrake distribution but it should be pretty much the same. Hope this helps.

the eeshman

Right after my last post I found this on Java's website:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/insta...ml#install-pkg

This should help you out if all else fails....

-the eeshman