advice getting jre installed

[brownbear]

These instructions worked mostly.

Christofer C. Bell;1199194 Wrote: 
> On 6/30/06, Noah <admin2 (AT) enabled (DOT) com> wrote:

> .

> .

> # Ubuntu Multiverse (Community Support)

> deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper multiverse

> deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper multiverse

> 

> deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates multiverse

> deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates multiverse

> 

> deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security multiverse

> deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security multiverse

> 

> Once you've done that:

> 

> $ sudo apt-get update

> $ apt-cache search sun-java5

> 

> (Pick the software you want, I just installed everything.)

> 

> $ sudo apt-get install sun-java5-\*

> $ sudo update-alternatives --config java

> 

> (Select the appropriate Java version.)

> 

> $ java -version

> 

> (Verify that the new Java version is what's being offered.)

> 

> -- 

> Chris

> 



However when I type:




Code:
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    $ sudo apt-get update
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I get this message:

> Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/multiverse Packages

> Errhttp://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release.gpg

> Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.138),
> connection timed out

> Fetched 6B in 2m0s (0B/s)

> Failed to fetch
> http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-security/Release.gpg 
> Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (82.211.81.138), connection
> timed out

> Reading package lists... Done

> W: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old
> ones used instead.



Here is my multiverse.list file as intructed> 

> # Ubuntu Multiverse (Community Support)

> deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper multiverse

> deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper multiverse

> 

> deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates multiverse

> deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates multiverse

> 

> deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security multiverse

> deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security multiverse



If anyone could help me fix this, it would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance,



bb



Linux Distribution = Ubuntu 6.06

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