How to install Java on Kubuntu?

[Ric Moore]

On Mon, 2009-02-23 at 23:54 -0500, Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> Ric Moore wrote:
> > On Mon, 2009-02-23 at 19:32 -0500, Steven Vollom wrote:
> >>> Is there any cookbook for setting up Java on Kubuntu?
> >>>
> >> The best I found was in Intrepid, KDE 4.2.  Just open Adept Package Manager 
> >> and type in Java, make your choice and click on apply.
> > 
> > I think he'll want the sun-java packages instead of the vanilla
> > version. 
> > Just google on "install jdk kubuntu" and he'll find a scad of good
> > instructions. 
> 
> I doubt he needs sun-java if the package says 1.3.1 is sufficient.
> OpenJDK/IcedTea should be fine in this case.
> 

Matt. I had to jerk out almost every piece of openJDK in order to run
some high-end java apps. That fixed my problems running Wonderland.
Heck, even RedHat killed off IcedTea in Fedora didn't they? 
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