john gibbons wrote:
I downloaded Java Runtime and have it sitting on my desktop. Now I do
not know how to get it up and running. Would kind person email the
command line entry needed? I am running Ubuntu.
The file is
home/john/Desktop/j2re-1_3_1_16-linux-i586.bin
Thanks.
John.
I find the best way to install java in Ubuntu is ----
*sudo apt-get install j2re1.4
*Of course this only works if j2re1.4 is in your respository.
If you want basically every piece of software under the sun with apt-get
or synaptic,
Then you could use my sources.list
it is --
deb ftp://ftp.iinet.net.au/linux/ubuntu breezy main restricted universe
multiverse
deb ftp://ftp.iinet.net.au/linux/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted
universe multiverse
deb ftp://ftp.iinet.net.au/linux/ubuntu breezy-security main restricted
universe multiverse
deb ftp://ftp.iinet.net.au/linux/ubuntu hoary-backports main restricted
universe multiverse
deb http://wine.sourceforge.net/apt/ binary/
Just copy and paste into a file and name the file sources.list then move
that file into /etc/apt/
then do
*sudo apt-get update
*apt-get is by far the easiest way, but if you want to persist doing it
the manual way, there is a great step by step guide on the java website
, so simple, just follow exactly the commands (copy and paste into a
shell even)
The URL is
http://www.java.com/en/download/help/5000010500.xml#selfextracting
Just remember that in Ubuntu the root account is disabled by default, so
where it says to type *su *(to become root) you need to type *sudo -s -H
*to get a root shell.
Best of luck
Tuxta
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