Sun Java

[Jared Greenwald]

Have you tried the webupd8 java ppa?  They have a readily-installable
version of Oracle Java 7.

https://launchpad.net/~webupd8team/+archive/java

Just run

# sudo apt-add-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
# sudo apt-get install oraclejava7-installer

The package is even setup to set all of your update alternatives so
automatically use the new Java.

Cheers...

On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 3:53 PM, Kipton Moravec <kip at kdream.com> wrote:
> I have a fresh install of Lubuntu.
>
> I have a program that requires (Oricle) Sun Java.
>
> I went to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java
>
> It said:
>
> JRE only
> Only supports Oracle (Sun) Java 6 JRE (which covers the needs of 99 % of
> all computer users). It pulls the packages from Oracle's website and
> installs them, comparable to the way Adobe Flash Player is being
> installed.
>
>      * http://www.duinsoft.nl/packages.php?t=en
>
>
> So I followed the link.
>
> And followed these instructions:
> Repository
> The repository provides a Debian package with the script and the same
> support files as in the support tarball. Setting things up is a bit more
> work, but the script will be properly integrated in your system.
> Additional advantages: a possibly installed out-of-date sun-java6
> installation will be removed completely and if you keep the software
> source in your list, you will automatically receive updates of the
> script. The procedure:
>
>      * put the line
>        deb http://www.duinsoft.nl/pkg debs all
>        in the file /etc/apt/sources.list, either using Software Sources
>        from your System Menu or by editing the file in an editor (as
>        root)
>        or:
>        put this line in a file named (e.g.) duinsoft.list in the
>        directory /etc/apt/sources.list.d
>      * import the gpg key with the command (all on one line)
>        sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 5CB26B26
>      * enter the commands (two lines)
>        sudo apt-get update
>        sudo apt-get install update-sun-jre
>        or use Synaptic to install the package
>      * installation of the Runtime Environment will follow
>        automatically
>
> Using the script apt-add-repository -available for Ubuntu- is not
> advisable because that script makes a few incorrect assumptions.
> The keyserver keys.gnupg.net mentioned above is just an example. You can
> use any reliable keyserver.
>
> I think I did all this right.
>
> So I tested.
>
> kip at k5prk-ms:/usr/local$ java -version
> The program 'java' can be found in the following packages:
>  * gcj-4.4-jre-headless
>  * openjdk-6-jre-headless
>  * cacao
>  * gij-4.3
>  * jamvm
>
> This looks like OpenJDK not Sun-6-java.
>
> So thinking something was wrong, I tried the apt-get again.
>
> kip at k5prk-ms:/usr/local$ sudo apt-get install update-sun-jre
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> update-sun-jre is already the newest version.
> The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
> required:
>  libdmraid1.0.0.rc16 libicu42 libdiscover2 python-pyicu discover
> cryptsetup
>  libecryptfs0 reiserfsprogs rdate openbsd-inetd localechooser-data
>  ecryptfs-utils libdebconfclient0 discover-data dmraid
> Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 289 not upgraded.
>
> So it says it was already installed.
>
> Reading the documentation again, it said I had to choose the right one
> to use if multiple ones were installed.
>
> kip at k5prk-ms:/usr/local$ sudo update-alternatives --config java
> [sudo] password for kip:
> update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for java.
>
> So now I am stuck. It looks like I have openjdk installed, but apt-get
> says sun-jre is installed, and it says only one java is installed.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Kip
>
>
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