Installing jdk?

[Basil Chupin]

On 22/10/2010 11:59, A. Jorge Garcia wrote:
>> I am only guessing here but it seems that you are trying to install
>> manually rather than using the Synaptic Package Manager. Although I
>>      
> am
>    
>> running 32-bit system I can see the sun-java jdk sitting in Synaptic
>> waiting to be installed. Why not check that all the right Sources are
>> selected (System>Administration>Sources) and then let Synaptic
>>      
> install jdk?
>
> Is Synaptic the option on the desktop under accessories: Software
> Installation Center?  I tried that too with the file not found error
> too.
>
> In the past, on older Debian distros, I downloaded an executable *.bin
> file directly from java.sun.com, extracted it in a system folder like
> /usr/bin and change the /etc/profile so it would be available to all
> users.  Can I do that in Ubuntu?  I couldn't find the profile....
>    
This hasn't helped?

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java

BC

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