
Once downloaded, copy it to a suitable location (a good location would be /opt/java32. You should now have a file named something like jre-1_5_0_04-linux-i586.bin, the exact name will depend on the version of the JRE.

The file needed is the one labeled Linux (self-extracting file).

Downloading And Installing the 32 bit JREĭownload the latest 32 bit Java Runtime Environment for Linux from Sun's Java web site here. For technical reasons beyond the scope of this article, the version of included with Fedora 64 is 32 bit and it does not work with the 64 bit Sun JRE. To be able to use Sun's Java Runtime Environment (JRE) with, the 32 version of Sun's JRE must be installed.

For example, the Base component crashes when starting up because it tries to use GCJ for its Java functionality. Unfortunately 2.0 beta does not work very well with GCJ. Fedora Core 4 64 bit comes with GCJ as its default Java Runtime Environment.
