advice getting jre installed

[Noah]

On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 17:32:46 +1000, Colin Bell wrote
> On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 12:15:31AM -0700, Noah wrote:
> > # apt-get install sun-java5-jre*
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > Building dependency tree... Done
> > E: Couldn't find package sun-java5-jre*
> > 
> > 
> $ aptitude show sun-java5-jre | grep Section
> Section: multiverse/libs
> 
> You need to enable the multiverse repository.
> 

okay I uncommented thme and reran the synaptic program and still dont see them

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# grep multiverse /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted
universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted
universe multiverse

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