Installation Doubts by Beginner

[Liam Proven]

On 25 June 2010 14:56, Chan Chung Hang Christopher
<christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk> wrote:
> Liam Proven wrote:
>> On 25 June 2010 00:57, Daniel Ram <danielmesquitadearaujo at yahoo.com.br> wrote:
>>> Hi all!
>>>
>>> I'm trying to install Java in my computer, but when I try to run "rpm"
>>> command, the system ask me to use alien.
>>
>> RPM is the Red Hat command. It doesn't work on Debian-based distros
>> such as Ubuntu.
>>
>> You use "apt-get install" instead.
>>
>> To install the Java VM on 10.04, type:
>>
>> sudo apt-get install iceadtea6-plugin
>>
>> That's it. Job done.
>>
>
> He's running....Hardy!

Huh? A few messages in, he said:

> I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS


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