Java :: Binary :: local

Solution
- website: http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp
- downloaded  Linux (self-extracting file)  or Linux 64 for 64 bit machine
- put it in /scratch/kvr0011/packages/

$ sh jre-6u19-linux-i586.bin
$ cd  jre1.6.0_19/bin/
java executable is present here

Providing the path to java binary in the talon job, ran the java package.

Shell :: Command-line arguments

$0 is the name of the command
$1 first parameter
$2 second parameter
$3 third parameter etc. etc
$# total number of parameters
$@ all the parameters will be listed

Bio :: Large Data :: Transfer

http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2010/04/improving_the_portability_of_d_1.html

Install :: Ruby

Download Ruby source code

$ wget ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org//pub/ruby/ruby-1.9-stable.tar.gz

$ tar zxvf ruby-1.9-stable.tar.gz

To configure Ruby, if you are not superuser

$ ./configure --prefix=$HOME/bin

By default it installs in /usr/local/bin

$ ln  -s bin/irb irb

To access irb from any location.