Instructions for Running Guiffy InstallAnywhere on Linux

Instructions:

If you're downloading the Linux install package on Windows, do NOT use MicroSoft's Internet Explorer --- IE does NOT recognize the .bin file type. Any other browser we've tested on Windows will download and save the .bin file fine (Mozilla, Netscape, Opera, or Firefox).

After downloading and saving the .bin file on your Linux system, open a shell and cd to the directory where you downloaded the installer.
At the prompt type: sh ./guf84ins.bin

Notes:

You need to install a Java 1.4.2 (or later) virtual machine. The link for downloading Java for Linux from SUN is on Guiffy's download page - here it is: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/download.html
Red Hat and Fedora Core Linux users Please Note: The "java" packaged with Fedora Core and RedHat Linux isn't a "standard" Java. You need to either 1) Download and install the Java for Linux from Sun (make sure you replace the path for SUN's Java or 2) Download the Guiffy install package for Linux X86 with the JRE included.
Ubuntu and Debian Linux users Please Note: The "java" packaged with Debian and Ubuntu Linux is the GNU gij tool - which does NOT support the GUI AWT/Swing packages. You need to either 1) Download and install the Java for Linux from Sun (make sure you replace the path for SUN's Java or 2) Download the Guiffy install package for Linux X86 with the JRE included.
Be sure to add the path for .../bin/java to your PATH
Some Linux systems have a shellscript called java that runs kaffe. This shellscript confuses Guiffy's installer. The shellsrcipt has to be renamed for the Guiffy installer and launcher to work.
Red Hat 9 Linux users Please Note: Sun and IBM VM's released before 1.4 will no longer run on Red Hat 9 due to the Native POSIX Thread Library (NPTL), a new implementation of POSIX threads for Linux. You will need to download and install a 1.4 JRE (click on the above link to SUN's web site).