Hi all-
I have a dedicated box, and my hosting company will not install 3rd party apps.
Does anyone have a good walk-through for installing JRE so I can then install Wowza?
Thanks!
Pretty simple. Download Java JDK 6 Update 10 from here (probably the .rpm.bin is the best one):
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp
do a chmod to make give it execute privs:
chmod +x [filename].rpm.bin
run the installer:
./[filename].rpm.bin
That is it. You should be able to execute the java command to see if it the correct version:
java -version
If not follow these instructions:
http://community.wowza.com/t/-/48
Charlie
Is this a virtual private server? How much memory is in the machine? You may need to set the heap size to a very low value to start the server. To do this edit the file [install-dir]/bin/setenv.sh and change the Java heap size:
from:
JAVA_OPTS="-Xmx768M"
to:
JAVA_OPTS="-Xmx256M"
You may need to try lower values. The problem with this setup is that you are not going to be able to handle many concurrent connections with this much memory. I am also concerned about the initial Java installation that failed. I am not confident that Java is installed properly.
Charlie
I am not sure. What I would do is uninstall the jre/jdk, upgrade the memory, re-install. To uninstall, find the name of the install by executing the command:
rpm -qa | grep jdk
or
rpm -qa | grep jre
It should return a list of all the JDK’s or JRE’s you have installed. To uninstall, execute the command:
rpm -e [name-of-jdk-or-jre-returned-above]
For example for me it is:
rpm -e jdk-1.6.0_10-fcs
Charlie
I guess I would just go with it the way it is.
Charlie
That looks right to me. Should be ready to install Wowza.
thanks - will try and see what happens!
UPDATE: found the answer!
error: can’t create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/__db.000
now what?
thanks in advance -
ok… I rec’d this error
error: %post(jre-1.6.0_10-fcs.i586) scriptlet failed, exit status 5
after it unpacked, but when i ran java -version it showed
java version “1.6.0_10”
Java™ SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_10-b33)
Java HotSpot™ Client VM (build 11.0-b15, mixed mode, sharing)
should I assume I’m ok at this point?
oh sigh…
now getting
[root@domain wowza]# cd /usr/local/WowzaMediaServerPro/bin
[root@domain bin]# ./startup.sh
Error occurred during initialization of VM
Could not reserve enough space for object heap
Could not create the Java virtual machine.
yes, it is a virtual dedicated server.
how do I test the JRE install?
Thanks for the quick reply. 
I uninstalled, had the host upgrade memory/processor, and reinstalled JRE pkg.
Once it unpacked the jar files, it showed
error: %post(jre-1.6.0_10-fcs.i586) scriptlet failed, exit status 5
Done.
Then I ran java -version, it showed
java version “1.6.0_10”
Java™ SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_10-b33)
Java HotSpot™ Server VM (build 11.0-b15, mixed mode)
I did find this in the Java bug database, but it doesn’t tell me if the version of Java is installed correctly or not:
http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6490650
Any Suggestions? My host (Media Temple) refuses to support 3rd-party apps, and they consider Java a 3rd party application.