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2012-01-24T19:41:07Z

Installing Java on 8.04

2011-10-25T18:09:48Z

2011-04-15T23:50:09Z

added up-to-date information and linked appropriately

2010-03-29T06:25:41Z

agree to sun's eula

2009-04-01T04:15:36Z

Added a link to a video

2009-03-31T22:02:30Z

2008-01-23T02:22:34Z

2007-03-08T02:11:10Z

Blackdown Java

2006-06-13T07:59:45Z

Java-package

2006-03-15T23:19:35Z

Blackdown Java

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	For the Java browser plugin, see [[Ubuntu_restricted_extras]]		For the Java browser plugin, see [[Ubuntu_restricted_extras]]
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−	~~==Installing Java on 8.04==~~
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−	~~Java is not installed by default on the FreekBox because the user needs to accept an enduser agreement and we will not do that for them.~~
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−	The current FreekBox is based on Ubuntu 8.04. In this version, installing Java is easy. Make sure you are connected to the internet. Go to Applications>Add/Remove, search for java. Select one of the java plugins, e.g. IcedTea Java Plugin, and apply. The package will download and install automatically. If you selected the Sun Java 6 Plugin or Sun Java 6 Runtime you will need to agree to Sun's EULA before the installation will finish.
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−	~~[http://freegeek.errtech.com/howto_install_java.ogv click here] to watch a short video of this process.~~

	[[Category:Tech support]]		[[Category:Tech support]]

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−	~~This page is about installing~~ Java by ~~force on out-of-date machines.~~	+	Note that most machines will already have Java installed. If you would like to manually install it, please follow the instructions [[Multimedia_and_DVDs_in_Ubuntu]].
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		+	==Installing Java by Force (not THE Force)==

	On most machines, Java should be installed already. If it's not, you can just open up Ubuntu Sofware Center and search for Java.		On most machines, Java should be installed already. If it's not, you can just open up Ubuntu Sofware Center and search for Java.

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		+	This page is about installing Java by force on out-of-date machines.
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		+	On most machines, Java should be installed already. If it's not, you can just open up Ubuntu Sofware Center and search for Java.
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		+	For the Java browser plugin, see [[Ubuntu_restricted_extras]]
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		+	==Installing Java on 8.04==
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	Java is not installed by default on the FreekBox because the user needs to accept an enduser agreement and we will not do that for them.		Java is not installed by default on the FreekBox because the user needs to accept an enduser agreement and we will not do that for them.

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 Java is not installed by default on the FreekBox because the user needs to accept an enduser agreement and we will not do that for them.
-The current FreekBox is based on Ubuntu 8.04.  In this version, installing Java is easy.  Make sure you are connected to the internet.  Go to Applications>Add/Remove, search for java.  Select one of the java plugins, e.g. IcedTea Java Plugin, and apply.  The package will download and install automatically.
+The current FreekBox is based on Ubuntu 8.04.  In this version, installing Java is easy.  Make sure you are connected to the internet.  Go to Applications>Add/Remove, search for java.  Select one of the java plugins, e.g. IcedTea Java Plugin, and apply.  The package will download and install automatically. If you selected the Sun Java 6 Plugin or Sun Java 6 Runtime you will need to agree to Sun's EULA before the installation will finish.
 [http://freegeek.errtech.com/howto_install_java.ogv click here] to watch a short video of this process.
 [[Category:Tech support]]

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	The current FreekBox is based on Ubuntu 8.04. In this version, installing Java is easy. Make sure you are connected to the internet. Go to Applications>Add/Remove, search for java. Select one of the java plugins, e.g. IcedTea Java Plugin, and apply. The package will download and install automatically.		The current FreekBox is based on Ubuntu 8.04. In this version, installing Java is easy. Make sure you are connected to the internet. Go to Applications>Add/Remove, search for java. Select one of the java plugins, e.g. IcedTea Java Plugin, and apply. The package will download and install automatically.

		+	[http://freegeek.errtech.com/howto_install_java.ogv click here] to watch a short video of this process.

	[[Category:Tech support]]		[[Category:Tech support]]

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	There are several methods for installing Java on a [[FreekBox]]. It is not installed by default because the user needs to accept an enduser agreement and we will not do that for them.		There are several methods for installing Java on a [[FreekBox]]. It is not installed by default because the user needs to accept an enduser agreement and we will not do that for them.

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   <nowiki>deb ftp://ftp.tux.org/java/debian/ sarge non-free</nowiki>
 To do this, you need to open the file with a text editor:
 #nano /etc/apt/sources.list
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 #ctrl+o, then enter (to save)
 #ctrl+x (to exit)
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 Then use the following commands to install it.

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   dpkg -i sun-j2sdk1.5_1.5.0_i386.deb
   apt-get install sun-j2sdk1.5debian
 ==self-extracting file==

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 Blackdown Java can be installed very simply.  Add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list
   <nowiki>deb ftp://ftp.tux.org/java/debian/ sarge non-free</nowiki>
 Then use the following commands to install it.
   apt-get update