Hi,<br><br><meta http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><title></title><meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)"><meta name="CREATED" content="20060824;22472400"><meta name="CHANGED" content="16010101;8042600"> <style type="text/css"> </style><meta http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><title></title><meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)"><meta name="CREATED" content="20060824;22472400"><meta name="CHANGED" content="16010101;8042600"> <style type="text/css"> </style><meta http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><title></title><meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)"><meta name="CREATED" content="20060824;22472400"><meta name="CHANGED" content="16010101;8042600"> Here is a another way to install JRE. I assume you have downloaded Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 , Linux self-extracting file from <style type="text/css"> </style><font color="#000080"><u><a href="http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp" target="_blank">http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp</a></u></font> <br><br><br><meta http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><title></title><meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)"><meta name="CREATED" content="20060824;22472400"><meta name="CHANGED" content="16010101;8042600"> 1. <style type="text/css">  </style> <pre style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0.14cm; margin-left: 0.53cm; margin-right: 0.53cm; text-align: left;"><font size="2">sudo apt-get install build-essential<br></font></pre> <meta http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><title></title><meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)"><meta name="CREATED" content="20060824;22472400"><meta name="CHANGED" content="16010101;8042600"> 2. <style type="text/css">  </style> <pre style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0.14cm; margin-left: 0.53cm; margin-right: 0.53cm; text-align: left;"><font size="2">sudo apt-get install fakeroot java-package java-common </font></pre> <meta http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><title></title><meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)"><meta name="CREATED" content="20060824;22472400"><meta name="CHANGED" content="16010101;8042600"> 3. <style type="text/css">  </style> <pre style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0.14cm; margin-left: 0.53cm; margin-right: 0.53cm; text-align: left;"><font size="2">fakeroot make-jpkg jre-1_5_0_08-linux-i586.bin</font></pre> <meta http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><title></title><meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)"><meta name="CREATED" content="20060824;22472400"><meta name="CHANGED" content="16010101;8042600"> 4. <style type="text/css">  </style> <pre style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0.14cm; margin-left: 0.53cm; margin-right: 0.53cm; text-align: left;"><font size="2">sudo dpkg -i sun-j2re1.5_1.5.0+update08_i386.deb </font></pre> <meta http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><title></title><meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)"><meta name="CREATED" content="20060824;22472400"><meta name="CHANGED" content="16010101;8042600"> 5. <style type="text/css">  </style> <pre style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0.14cm; margin-left: 0.53cm; margin-right: 0.53cm; text-align: left;"> <font size="2">sudo update-alternatives --config java </font></pre> <meta http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><title></title><meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)"><meta name="CREATED" content="20060824;22472400"><meta name="CHANGED" content="16010101;8042600"> <style type="text/css">  </style> <p style="margin-left: 0.53cm; margin-right: 0.53cm;">When asking for which version you want to choose pick;</p> <meta http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><title></title><meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)"><meta name="CREATED" content="20060824;22472400"><meta name="CHANGED" content="16010101;8042600"> <style type="text/css">  </style> <pre style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0.14cm; margin-left: 0.53cm; margin-right: 0.53cm; text-align: left;"><font size="2">3 /usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-sun/bin/java </font></pre> To Test:<br><br>java -version<br><br>I hope this help.<br><br>Regards,<br>AC<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/19/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Erik Schmidt</b> <<a href="mailto:eschmidt90@gmail.com">eschmidt90@gmail.com </a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">what would I need to install to develop in java, under teh assumption<br> that I need stuff like java.util and javax.swing<br><br>On Sun, 2007-02-18 at 12:36 -0500, Matthew Flaschen wrote:<br>> Erik Schmidt wrote:<br>> > I recently tried to install the java JRE, it said I needed a package <br>> > called sun-java5-bin<br>> ><br>> > I searched for this package in synaptic package manager, it turned up<br>> > nothing<br>> ><br>> > how do I install these packages?<br>><br> > You probably don't need Sun Java. Install java-gcj-compat , and<br>> everything should Just Work.<br>><br>> Matthew Flaschen<br>><br><br><br>--<br>ubuntu-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com"> ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br>Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a><br></blockquote></div><br> <br clear="all"><br>-- <br>AC Perdon<br>Registered GNU/Linux User #340122