Need help installing java on Ubuntu 9.10 Workstation...

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>But the password I used when I installed Ubuntu only works when I do a sudo;
>doing a "su -" or logging onto a virtual terminal as "root" gives an
>"authentication failure"...

>How do I log in as root, and install Java???

Maybe, you can use

$ sudo su

Or, use

$ sudo passwd

to set a password for root, then su or log in as root.


But, I'm  wondering, whether

$ sudo /path/to/jre-6u18-linux-i586.bin

work?

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