easyubuntu: so close, and yet so far...

[David Armour]

hello Peter
> On Sat, 03 Jun 2006 23:52:57 -0700
> David Armour <d.f.armour at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>   
>>> On Sat, 03 Jun 2006 23:03:01 -0700
>>> David Armour <d.f.armour at shaw.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> any tips on installing java? i think i got through most of 
>>>> the sun java install (on freebsd5.3b4) a while back, now. i know it's 
>>>> non-trivial, which is why having a script offer to manage some of the 
>>>> pain appeals as much as it does.
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> apt-cache policy sun-java5-jre
>>>
>>> It's now in multiverse for dapper :) So is the sun-java5-jdk if you need
>>> that.
>>>
>>> sudo apt-get install sun-java5-jre
>>>
>>> Pretty painless now .... as in, one comand instead of much fiddling about.
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> hello Peter,
>>
>> thank you so much! if i wasn't already 2h past the point where i was 
>> supposed to go to bed, i'd give it a go. but i'll have a shot at it 
>> sunday pm. thanks again.
>>     
>
> No problem :)
>
> I should have mentioned - after installing java you need to run
>
> sudo update-alternatives --config java
>
> and type the number for the sun flavour ( default is the Free gcj java,
> which has some maturing to do yet ) Also check the java settings for Open
> Office. There's a sun java plugin package for firefox/mozilla "et al" as
> well.
>   
thank you for the update. i'm still effectively a total newbie, so i 
really appreciate your reply. which sun flavour would you recommend? i 
was going with the line --  sun-java5-jre -- from your earlier message. 
where would i look to check the java settings in open office? i don't 
have it open at the moment. i'm sorry if this seems like a bottomless 
pit of more and more questions.