Installing Java using Ubuntu

rorymanninguk · 01-09-2007, 08:21 PM

hi guys - can anyone help?

Would anyone be able to tell me in really simple terms to install Java on Ubuntu, I have just started using Ubuntu after using Windows for years. I have tried and tried but nothing is working. Also how do you execute a command so that it opens and installs Java. Does anyone know which Java release would suit best?

Thanks

xjlittle · 01-09-2007, 08:25 PM

Open up Synaptic and make sure that you have all of the extra repositories enabled. The using the synaptic package manager do a search for jre. Pick the one from Sun. That will install it for you and any dependencies.

rorymanninguk · 01-09-2007, 08:32 PM

Thanks for your post - how do i check if i have all of the extra repositories enabled?

Thanks