Hi *,

while installing java on an external drive using knoppix I got symlink errors each time a symlink was tried out:

./jdk-1_5_0_05-linux-i586.bin > file 2>&1

after spacing out of the License Agreement and starting the installation I got a total of actually 4 symlink errors, each and every time the compilation tried linking a file or directory

I did search knoppix.net for: java AND symlink
and found only 3 links none of which described my type of problem

Why do these symlink errors happen? How do you fix them?

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sh-3.00# whoami
root

sh-3.00# gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 3.3.6 (Debian 1:3.3.6-7)
Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

sh-3.00# dmesg | grep -i 'linux version'
Linux version 2.6.12 (root@Knoppix) (gcc-Version 3.3.6 (Debian 1:3.3.6-7)) #2 SMP Tue Aug 9 23:20:52 CEST 2005

Is there anyoher piece of info you need from me?

...
creating: jdk1.5.0_05/jre/lib/i386/server/
inflating: jdk1.5.0_05/jre/lib/i386/server/libjvm.so
inflating: jdk1.5.0_05/jre/lib/i386/server/Xusage.txt
linking: jdk1.5.0_05/jre/lib/i386/server/libjsig.so ->
../libjsig.so symlink error: Operation not permitted

creating: jdk1.5.0_05/jre/lib/i386/client/
inflating: jdk1.5.0_05/jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so
inflating: jdk1.5.0_05/jre/lib/i386/client/Xusage.txt
linking: jdk1.5.0_05/jre/lib/i386/client/libjsig.so ->
../libjsig.so symlink error: Operation not permitted
...
creating: jdk1.5.0_05/jre/javaws/
linking: jdk1.5.0_05/jre/javaws/javaws -> ../bin/javaws symlink
error: Operation not permitted
...
linking: jdk1.5.0_05/man/ja -> ja_JP.eucJP symlink error:
Operation not permitted
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