Not sure about Oxygen but this looks like the error when you try to run an executable (aka "a.out" ) format as a script. Also the instructions seem odd. If this installer includes the JRE then why would it ask you to set the location of the JRE ? To find out if java is in your path and where you can do which java If its in your path you can do java -version to find out its version # ... But ... the error you listed doesn't seem related to J* technology but rather scripting/exe/os technology. Just a hunch, but maybe the executables included are not valid for your version of Linux (??) That might be why its trying to run the exe as a script ... You might try the "All" download setup. This definitely would require java. If "java -version" reports 1.5 or later you should be good to go. If java is 'not found' or old you may need to install it (you'll need to go to java.com probably for that ...) -David -----Original Message----- From: oxygen-user-bounces@oxygenxml.com [mailto:oxygen-user-bounces@oxygenxml.com] On Behalf Of Syd Bauman Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 6:42 PM To: oxygen-user@oxygenxml.com Subject: [oXygen-user] how to install on Ubuntu This may be a FAQ, in which case I apologize, please point me in the right direction. Situation: While I like to think of myself as technically reasonably savvy, I know absolutely nothing about Java, JREs, JDEs, JVMs, or other TLAs that start with J. (I've never even watched _JAG_ :-) I'm trying to install oXygen onto an Ubuntu 9.10 system. I downloaded the "Linux 64 bit (Includes Java VM 1.6.0_16)" .sh file from http://www.oxygenxml.com/download_oxygenxml_editor.html. The instructions say "Make sure you have in your PATH environment variable the correct location of the JRE." How do I know the location of the JRE? I tried executing the oxygen.sh command, but got | syd@Nimbus2000:~/Downloads$ sudo sh oxygen.sh | [sudo] password for syd: | Unpacking JRE ... | Preparing JRE ... | bin/unpack200: 1:ELF: not found | bin/unpack200: 4: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")") | Error unpacking jar files. Aborting. | You might need administrative priviledges for this operation. | syd@Nimbus2000:~/Downloads$ [Note that there is an unprintable character that didn't survive the cut & paste -- perhaps a U+007F? -- in front of "ELF".] Is this because I don't have the right JRE in my $PATH (/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games )? _______________________________________________ oXygen-user mailing list oXygen-user@oxygenxml.com http://www.oxygenxml.com/mailman/listinfo/oxygen-user