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then either su to root, and do "mkdir /usr/local/java" or do "sudo mkdir /usr/local/java"

resedit: I have effectively the same philosophy, but I have nothing in opt here (on the mac, I do have opt from macports).

Because I tried that and it still doesn't work.

CrashingtehWarehouse wrote:

And it's now telling me that it cannot create that file or directory.

I think I'm destined not to have java...

you're telling me that "sudo mkdir /usr/local/java" doesn't work?

Oh, and something else that's weird about it is that when I ask sunjava if I have java installed, it tells me oops you have version 1.4.2 (an out of date version).  But when I'm in synaptic it's telling me that I have Sun Java version 6 installed.  I feel like I'm missing a big step somewhere along the way.

BTW, Java 1.4 Web Start is still in my apps menu, along with version 6, but it's not in the Synaptic package manager....cuz I'd like to delete it....

"mkdir: cannot create directory 'usr/local/java': File exists"  Is what it's telling me now.

CrashingtehWarehouse wrote:

"mkdir: cannot create directory 'usr/local/java': File exists"  Is what it's telling me now.

Did you copy/paste the error, or just type it in?  I ask because it's saying

usr/local/java

instead of

/usr/local/java

Note that those are two different paths; the first is starting from whatever the current directory is, and the second is starting from the root directory (which is where you want / need it).

In any case, the error is telling you that the directory (or file) "java" already exists at that location.

Let us know what you see when you type:

ls -l /usr/local/java