Cannot install java

[Christer Solskogen]

I cannot install java from sun, both jdk-6u4-solaris-i586.sh and jdk-6u4-solaris-x64.sh is not installable.
It complains about the checksum error. I have double checked and triple checked that the download was successful.

I tried installing it using the following command: sudo /sbin/sh jdk-6u4-solaris-i586.sh

The following error is displayed after showing the license terms.

The download file appears to be corrupted. Please refer
to the Troubleshooting section of the Installation
Instructions on the download page for more information.
Please do not attempt to install this archive file.

[tmetsch (tmetsch)]

I can confirm this issue. Had the same problem. Not quite sure if this is a bug in the sum command...By manually unpacking the java sdk you can get this stuff to work.

[Martin Man (mman)]

This is i a known problem with known workaround, try this

$ export SUN_PERSONALITY=1
$ sh jdk-...

The trick is that Java installer invokes sum(1) from /usr/bin which is
in fact on Nexenta GNU sum(1) instead of Sun sum(1) which is relocated
in /usr/sun/bin/sum

let us know whether this helps,
Martin

tmetsch wrote:
> I can confirm this issue. Had the same problem. Not quite sure if this is a bug in the sum command...By manually unpacking the java sdk you can get this stuff to work.
>

[Christer Solskogen (christer-solskogen)]

Martin Man wrote:
> This is i a known problem with known workaround, try this
>
> $ export SUN_PERSONALITY=1
> $ sh jdk-...
>
> The trick is that Java installer invokes sum(1) from /usr/bin which is
> in fact on Nexenta GNU sum(1) instead of Sun sum(1) which is relocated
> in /usr/sun/bin/sum
>

I tried that, but still no go. (Dont running /sbin/sh do the same trick?)
I even tried 'sed -i -e "s;/usr/bin/sum;/usr/sun/bin/sum;g"
jdk-6u4-solaris-i586.sh' just to be sure.

I dont think the download is destroyed either, I've tried downloading
the same package on three different platforms, on three different
machines, just to be ~100% sure ;-)

--
chs

[tmetsch (tmetsch)]

The trick with SUN_PERSONALITY=1 did not work for me either. I really had to do all the stuff by hand. Have a look at the shell script. Reproduce the steps within it, that was the only way it worked for me.

[Tim Spriggs (tim-tajinc)]

For NCP1 see: http://timezra.blogspot.com/2007/10/installing-jdk-6-in-nexenta-zone.html
NCP2 has a port of the debian sun-java6 package but the above instructions should still apply.

[Adam Smith (m04-a966-i95)]

There seems to be a problem with the /usr/bin/sum program.

Verify that your download has the expected hash (e.g. download it from somewhere else to confirm), then do mv /usr/bin/sum /usr/bin/sum2, install java, then undo it with mv /usr/bin/sum2 /usr/bin/sum.

(The installer skips the checksum step if sum is missing.)