[Bug 85969] Re: Java Docs Package Won't Install

[Ken Anderson]

Thank you for taking the time to respond, I am having issues downloading
updates of all sorts, it always comes back to the Java not loading
(owned by the root...). I have downloaded java 5 & java 6, they are on
my desktop but I can't get them to install.  I don't really comprehend
much of this. Is there someone who could help me complete this process,
possibly via phone? I would be very grateful, Ken.

--- On Thu, 2/5/09, GunnerGuyven <gunnerguyven at gmail.com> wrote:
From: GunnerGuyven <gunnerguyven at gmail.com>
Subject: [Bug 85969] Re: Java Docs Package Won't Install
To: kendancer1 at yahoo.com
Date: Thursday, February 5, 2009, 10:03 AM

Was going to mention that sun had renamed their downloadable to: jdk-
6u10-docs.zip.  But I see several have mentioned this already.  Renaming
it to jdk-6-doc.zip as the installer expects seems to have no ill
effect.

Honestly I don't think this is that big of a hassle (but then I've done
it so often its become part of the routine).  If this is how you work
around the license issue, then kudos.  It would be nice for the docs to
be included with the license we're already accepting to use the JDK
itself, but that's a Sun issue.

I'm not sure that the file need actually be owned by root, which is
where some number of users are getting hung up in concept.  But just for
posterity, that's pretty crazy easy in a sudo system like ubuntu:

sudo chown root.root jdk-6-doc.zip

You'll be prompted for your password, and the deed is done.  You'll
have
to use sudo for the subsequent move operation as well, though.

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Status in “j2se1.4-i586” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
Status in “sun-java5” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
Status in “sun-java6” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed

Bug description:
Binary package hint: sun-java6-doc

This is also a problem with the java5 version of this package

Trying to install these packages produces a message:

Setting up sun-java6-doc (6-00-2ubuntu1) ...
This package is an installer package, it does not actually contain the
JDK documentation.  You will need to go download one of the
archives:

    jdk-6-doc.zip jdk-6-doc-ja.zip

(choose the non-update version if this is the first installation).
Please visit

    http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/

now and download.  The file should be owned by root.root and be copied
to /tmp.

[Press RETURN to try again, 'no' + RETURN to abort]

We should probably use wget or something to grab these files and save users the
hassle. This is annoying and unnecessary.

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