Howto extract into /usr/local

Hi,
how can i extract the linux self-extracting binary into the /usr/local directory instead of /usr/local/j2re1.4.2 ?
make it sense? or should i leave it in /usr/local/j2re1.4.2 ?
thanks
jim

how can i extract the linux self-extracting binary
into the /usr/local directory instead of
/usr/local/j2re1.4.2 ?You'll need to recreate the structure manually.
Extract to a temporary directory and then copy the insides of j2re1.4.2 to /usr/local. If you set everything else up correctly it should just work, though your /usr/local will probably be polluted with a few files which just won't look in place. :-)
make it sense? or should i leave it in
/usr/local/j2re1.4.2 ?Unless you really need (not want :-) to use /usr/local, stick with /usr/local/j2re1.4.2. It'll be a lot easier to upgrade to the next java version from this, rather than having to do a lot of manual work finding stray files.
Regards,
Bhaveet

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