How to stop apt-get from installing OpenJDK?

[Ric Moore]

On 10/23/2012 12:35 AM, Pastor JW wrote:
> On 10/22/2012 04:14 PM, Dick Dowdell wrote:
>>
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>> On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 6:52 PM, jeremy p
>> <athomewithagroovebox at gmail.com <mailto:athomewithagroovebox at gmail.com>>
>> wrote:
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>>     So, any advice for installing Oracle Java 1.7.0_03 in a way that is
>>     friendly to apt-get?  It has been mandated that I absolutely must
>>     use that build.

Easy peasy...
http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/install-oracle-java-jdk-7-in-ubuntu-via.html

I also recommend you install galternatives to check each entry. I 
usually find at least one mistake.

Enjoy, Ric


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