[ubuntu-za] Installing Java on 8.04 LTS

[Alf Stockton]

I decided to apt-get install sun-java5-jdk
and now
update-java-alternatives -s java-1.5.0-sun
No alternatives for xulrunner-addons-javaplugin.so.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/appletviewer' to provide 'appletviewer'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/apt' to provide 'apt'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/extcheck' to provide 'extcheck'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/idlj' to provide 'idlj'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/jarsigner' to provide 'jarsigner'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/jar' to provide 'jar'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/javac' to provide 'javac'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/javadoc' to provide 'javadoc'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/javah' to provide 'javah'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/javap' to provide 'javap'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/jconsole' to provide 'jconsole'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/jdb' to provide 'jdb'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/jinfo' to provide 'jinfo'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/jmap' to provide 'jmap'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/jps' to provide 'jps'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/jsadebugd' to provide 'jsadebugd'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/jstack' to provide 'jstack'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/jstatd' to provide 'jstatd'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/jstat' to provide 'jstat'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/native2ascii' to provide 'native2ascii'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/rmic' to provide 'rmic'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/serialver' to provide 'serialver'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/java' to provide 'java'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/keytool' to provide 'keytool'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/orbd' to provide 'orbd'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/pack200' to provide 'pack200'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/policytool' to provide 'policytool'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/rmid' to provide 'rmid'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/rmiregistry' to provide 'rmiregistry'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/servertool' to provide 'servertool'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/tnameserv' to provide 'tnameserv'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/unpack200' to provide 'unpack200'.
update-java-alternatives: plugin alternative does not exist: 
/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/plugin/amd64/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so

and

root at general:~# which jar
/usr/bin/jar

which all looks a hell of a lot better than what I had.

and
$JAVA_HOME/bin/jar -xvf track-361.war fails as $JAVA_HOME is not set but if I
/usr/bin/jar -xvf track-361.war
the unpack seems to be successful.
Thanks guys.


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Alf Stockton		www.stockton.co.za

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