Ubuntu – Trouble installing Java due to “./install.sfx: not found” error

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I am running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I wanted to install Java and so I downloaded the 32-bit self extracting .bin file from http://www.java.com and tried to install it according to their instruction.

First I made the file an executable one. Then created /usr/java/. After that I have to run this command: ./jre-7u<version>-linux-i586.bin.

But I'm stuck here. My Java version is Java 6 u32. When I enter the command it says "no such file or directory". What to do? Please help. Also I'm trying to install 32-bit Java on my 64-bit Precise. Could that possibly be the problem?

I tried to follow second answer by Jonas Christensen. I tried to open it, it says file is an unknown type. I tried the terminal command: ./jre-6u31-linux-i586.bin. But it gave this: 

Unpacking...   
Checksumming...   
Extracting...   
./jre-6u32-linux-i586.bin: 86: ./jre-6u32-linux-i586.bin: ./install.sfx.5736: not found  
Failed to extract the files. Please refer to the Troubleshooting section of the Installation Instructions on the download page for more information.

Best Answer

Please see the "bug" described at: http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6500693

Resolve by installing 32 bit libs:

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

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