Java newbie

[Ric Moore]

On Mon, 2010-11-15 at 01:20 -0500, Jerry Lapham wrote:

> That's what I get:
> 
> jerry at JERRY-HP:~$ java -version
> java version "1.6.0_18"
> OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.8.2) (6b18-1.8.2-4ubuntu2)
> OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 16.0-b13, mixed mode)
> jerry at JERRY-HP:~$ 
> 
> So what's the real deal and how do you get it?

Just pop open synaptic, or your favorite package installer
 and search on 'sun'. You should see the sun-java jdk package. That is
the real deal! You'll be pleased. Ric

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..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
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