Difference between revisions of "Install Java"

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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.

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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.
-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.
+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.
-Java is available from different companies, i.e. Sun, IBM and Blackdown
-===Blackdown Java===
-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>
-To do this, you need to open the file with a text editor:
-#nano /etc/apt/sources.list
-#add the line
-#ctrl+o, then enter (to save)
-#ctrl+x (to exit)
-Then use the following commands to install it.
- apt-get update
- apt-get install j2re1.4
-===Java-package===
-These, slightly more complicated, instructions are from [http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Java-Debian http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Java-Debian].  The example is for Sun Java, but it will work with the following:
-* Sun Microsystems(TM) 1.4 and 1.5 Standard Edition
-* IBM(TM) 1.3 and 1.4 Standard Edition
-* Blackdown Java-Linux 1.3 and 1.4 Standard Edition
-Make sure the contrib entry is in your main deb line in sources.list.  For example:
- <nowiki>deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free</nowiki>
-Follow these instructions to install 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
-<small>You can also find a different version of the same thing at http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/142.</small>
-==self-extracting file==
-The apt-get methods are not available for Debian Woody.  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 .
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