Is it possible to install the sun-java6-plugin from jaunty in intrepid?

[Sylphid]

Charlie Kravetz wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:18:43 +0000
> Chris G <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> 
>> I have a need for the 'real' Sun Java6 plugin for my Firefox on
>> Intrepid (xubuntu 8.10).  It's not yet available for Intrepid but
>> there is a Jaunty (9.04) version.
>>
>> Can anyone tell me if I can get the Jaunty version installed in
>> Intrepid, or can I do a manual install of the Sun JRE in Intrepid and
>> get what I want?
>>
> 
> Isn't 'sun-java6-plugin' the real one? It is available in
> synaptic-package-manager in multiverse and needs sun-java6-jre.
> 
> 
> 
I believe what Chris is referring to is that the sun-java6-plugin
package for the amd64 platform was recently added to the jaunty
repos but has not been back-ported yet. Sun has only released a
64bit version recently, and us 64bit users have been using Icedtea
as a replacement.