Simple instructions for getting Java to work on 5.10?

[Michael P. Soulier]

On 1/13/06, Xn Nooby <xnooby at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm new to Ubuntu, so I really need instructions to be fool-proof.  The
> instructions I have found on the web do not work on a default install.
> Ideally the JRE or JDK would work with Firefox.  I need to be able to access
> a web-based java/jre financial application.

Personally, I always just get java from the Sun website in a tarball,
and untar it in either my $HOME or at /usr/local. Never fails.

Mike
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Michael P. Soulier <msoulier at digitaltorque.ca>
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