Java wont install

[Dennis Kaarsemaker]

On wo, 2005-07-06 at 15:29 -0500, John Luckmann wrote:
> hey, I'm new to Ubuntu(just installed today) so I'm not sure if this
> goes 
> here but heres my problem:the rest of my family uses the computer 
> differently then me so my sister needs java to play some games but the
> linux 
> installer for it wont work is it not compatle with this version of
> linux(i'm 
> realitily new to linux too I only got it because I want to learn
> computer 
> programing and stuff like that) thanks for any help

For java:
* Download jdk-linux-something.bin from java.sun.com (note, do NOT 
  download the ......rpm.bin)
* Enable the multiverse repository (see 
  http://wiki.ubuntu.com/AddingRepositoriesHowto for info and 
  http://paste.ubuntulinux.nl/38 for a complete list of official Ubuntu 
  sources
* in the shell, you now type the following commands:

  aptitude update
  aptitude install fakeroot java-package
  chmod +x j2sdk-something.bin
  fakeroot make-jpkg j2sdk-something.bin
  dpkg -i sun-jdk-something.deb

(the 'something' here differs sometimes, so check the filename :))
-- 
Dennis K.
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  - Linux voor normale mensen: http://www.ubuntulinux.nl
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