perhaps this will helputensil wrote:How do you run .jar files?
The Java Virtual Machine works fine in windows, but I can't run java executable files in puppy. Do I need a pet for that?
how i installed free jin online interactive remote players chess i.e. play against other real people not a computer, into puppy4,2.1
have as above java in /mnt/home/home/user/My Documents/puppy/jre1.6.0_15/ i.e. not in the pup_save
download jin chess from http://www.jinchess.com/unix_download, click it and extracted to /mnt/home/home/user/jin-2.14.1/
then dragged and link absolute the file named jin from /mnt/home/home/user/jin-2.14.1/ into directory /root/bin/
then dragged and link absolute the file named java from /mnt/home/home/user/My Documents/puppy/jre1.6.0_15/ into directory /root/bin/
then click on the jin link in directory /root/bin/ and jin chess will start.
then optionally you can drag and drop the jin link from /root/bin/ to the desktop:
tell us if it works for you.
local installed jin install saves waiting for the applet to download every time which is what occurs if you use your java enabled browser to play/connect .