Java install

[Matthias Klose]

D Wilkins schrieb:
> I'm new to Debian-type distros & 64-bit CPUs but not Linux...
>  
>  Using an AMD64 Athlon, Kubuntu 5.10, 32-bit, and trying to install java runtime ...both the Sun & Blackdown 64-bit versions fail to install....
>  
>  Error message from Sun is :
>  *****************
>  Do you agree to the above license terms? [yes or no]
>  yes
>  Unpacking...
>  Checksumming...
>  0
>  0
>  Extracting...
>  ./jre-1_5_0_06-linux-amd64.bin: line 262: ./install.sfx.8426: cannot execute binary file
>  *****************
>  
>  Error messages from Blackdown failure are much more extensive.
>  
>  Am I missing a package???....any help/info most appreciated.

on both platforms, please use

  apt-get install j2sdk1.4

after adding the multiverse section to your list of sources.