Make Java work. How?

Dieter Schicker dieter.schicker at uni-graz.at
Fri Sep 8 06:26:21 UTC 2006


On Fri, 2006-09-08 at 05:00 +0000, Herman wrote:
> I need to install JAVA.
> Do I?
> Synaptic tells me that many Java packages are installed.
> 
> If I have a webpage that needs Java, it wants to install Java.
>  (the plug-in tries to install JRE, Java Runtime Environment)
> 
> I use Ubunti 6.06, default installation.
> 
> 
> I tried it out on this website: (and it does not work)
> Java Morse Code Translator
> http://morsecode.scphillips.com/jtranslator.html
> 
> How do I get Java to work for me?
> 
> Herman in PHL.
> -- 
> Using Linux-Ubuntu. No more Windows.
> 
> 

Hi,

I suggest to install the following packages: 

sun-java5-jre
sun-java5-plugin

If you are a java developer also install:

sun-java5-jdk

Best,
Dieter





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