Difference between revisions of "Install Java"

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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.

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.

For the Java browser plugin, see Ubuntu_restricted_extras

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-==apt-get==
+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]].
-===Blackdown Java===
+==Installing Java by Force (not THE Force)==
-Adopters with the [[FreekBox|Freek Box 3]] can use the following method to install Java.  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
- apt-get install j2re1.4
-===Sun 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.
-These instructions are from [http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Java-Debian http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Java-Debian].  I have not tested them yet.
-Add the following lines to your sources.list
- deb <nowiki>http://debian.ethz.ch/debian/</nowiki> testing main contrib non-free
- deb-src <nowiki>http://debian.ethz.ch/debian/</nowiki> testing main contrib non-free
-Here follow instructions on installing jre for Debian sarge.
- apt-get install java-package
-download the sun jdk from java.sun.com
- make-jpkg jdk-1_5_0-linux-i586.bin
- dpkg -i sun-j2sdk1.5_1.5.0_i386.deb
- apt-get install sun-j2sdk1.5debian
-==self-extracting file==
-Adopters with the [[FreekBox|Freek Box 2]] should use the following instructions.
-The instructions at http://www.togaware.com/linux/survivor/Install_Sun.shtml worked to
-install Java.
-download sun's self-extracting file j2sdk-1_4_2_05-linux-i586.bin
-(requires agreement to license)
-move or copy it to /usr/local
-be root
-run the following command to install
- ./j2sdk-1_4_2_05-linux-i586.bin
-(this requires that you agree to the license again)
-and then the following command to make it findable by the system
-ln -s /usr/local/j2sdk1.4.2_05/bin/* /usr/local/bin
-(link the bin files into /usr/local/bin)
-This does not put the plugin into mozilla, that must be done manually.
-In mozilla, go to '''file://usr/local/j2sdk1.4.2_05'''
-open the '''README.html''' file
-go to '''System Requiremnts & Installation'''
-click on the installation instructions link
-click on the '''J2SDK for Linux''' link
-go to '''Java Plug-In Browser Registration Instructions'''
-Click on '''Manual Registration Instructions'''
-Or click on the following link: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/manual_install_linux.html
-follow the instructions
-(requires creating a symbolic link from the correct file in the plugins
-directory into the mozilla plugins directory)
- cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
- ln /usr/local/j2sdk1.4.2_05/jre/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so .
+For the Java browser plugin, see [[Ubuntu_restricted_extras]]
 [[Category:Tech support]]

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