Simple instructions for getting Java to work on 5.10?

[Daniel Robitaille]

On 1/14/06, Old Rocker <old.rocker at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> On Saturday 14 Jan 2006 03:33, Bry Melvin 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.
> [snipped]
>
> Ubuntu uses a "flavour" of Java and not the standard JRE (why, I don't
> know).  To install it couldn't be easier.

I think they cannot distribute the Sun Java directly due to its
license.  In any case, the wiki also has instructions on how to
install Java (and a bunch of other restricted formats):
       https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RestrictedFormats



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Daniel Robitaille