Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Java Web Start Installation on CentOS

The vanilla install of Java Web Start from the Sun site does not work on CentOS:

The tail command in the install.sh file is not compatible with CentOS. Changed the command from:

tail +399 $0 > $outname

to:

tail -q --line=+399 $0 > $outname

You can read about it here.