Sun Java

[Ric Moore]

On 04/25/2012 09:22 AM, Kipton Moravec wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-04-25 at 07:01 -0400, Jared Greenwald wrote:
>>
>> On Apr 25, 2012 3:08 AM, "Ric Moore"<wayward4now at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>> On 04/24/2012 04:02 PM, Jared Greenwald wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>
>>> sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer
>>> ...is what worked for me. :) Ric
>>
>> oops, ya that should do it.  musta hit send too quick...
>>>
>
> First I am really annoyed that the instructions on the Ubuntu site do
> not work.
>
> But I am having problems with your instructions also. I copied and
> pasted the lines.
>
> kip at k5prk-ms:/usr/local$ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
> [sudo] password for kip:
> Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring
> --secret-keyring /etc/apt/secring.gpg
> --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg
> --primary-keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com
> --recv 7B2C3B0889BF5709A105D03AC2518248EEA14886
> gpg: requesting key EEA14886 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
> gpg: key EEA14886: public key "Launchpad VLC" imported
> gpg: Total number processed: 1
> gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
>
> kip at k5prk-ms:/usr/local$ sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> E: Couldn't find package oracle-java7-installer

sudo apt-get update should have been in the middle of those two lines, 
else the ppa ain't there yet recognized. Ric



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