<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">sorry, but have you tried automatix? it allows you to install various non free or restricted programs easily. google automatix hint it's a adept/synaptic clone but doesn't replace them. hope this helps with an easier way of installing java runtime/development enviroments. dave. <div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ---- From: Peter Garrett <peter.garrett@optusnet.com.au> To: ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Sunday, 31 December, 2006 1:55:02 AM Subject: Re: java 2RE <div>On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 10:06:50 +0000 norman <norman@littletank.org> wrote: > On Sat, 2006-12-30 at 10:38 +0100, Gilles Gravier wrote: > > I use the self extracting binary... I don't like the idea of installing > > RPMs on a DEB environment. > > > > I did have to tweak the "alternatives" settings for that to be properly > > integrated into ubuntu, but you can do it simply by modifying what the > > /usr/bin/java and other related binaries link to (they point to > > /etc/alternatives/XXX which you need to link to what you want). > > > > I've just done this to get Java 1.6 to run... quite nicely... on my > > Ubuntu laptop. > > You are very fortunate in that you know what you are doing. I have no > real idea on how to tweak anything thus, my instinct is to go for the > easiest for me to do. I know how to type instructions into a terminal > and that's as far as my experience goes. Do you need the latest java ? If not, there are packages from the multiverse repository you can install: - sun-java5-bin <-- this will pull in the runtime as a dependency So, assuming you don't need the very latest, I would suggest that you add the multiverse repository if you haven't already ( see <a target="_blank" href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu#head-5bbef89639d9a7d93fe38f6356dc17847d373096">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu#head-5bbef89639d9a7d93fe38f6356dc17847d373096</a> ) ( apologies for the truly ugly URL from the wiki ;-) then sudo aptitude install sun-java5-bin ( or just use synaptic ) then sudo update-alternatives --config java and choose the number for the "sun java " alternative If you need the latest, do not use the RPM - use the extracting binary as Gilles suggests - but that involves a bit more legwork than simply enabling multiverse and installing the package I suggested. HTH Peter -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a target="_blank" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </div></div> </div></div> Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com </body></html>