Simple instructions for getting Java to work on 5.10?

[Matthias Klose]

Xn Nooby schrieb:
> 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.
> 
> Are there any instructions on how to do this, which assumes you have a 
> default installation?
> 
> I could not get either of these instructions to work:
>   http://www.cs.cornell.edu/~djm/ubuntu/#java
>   https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RestrictedFormats
> 
> Both say "java-package" is unknown.

the easiest way is to add the universe section to your list of sources 
and then install j2re1.4 (if you want to install the development kit, 
install j2sdk1.4).

   Matthias