install java on Wheezy

cccc · 02-08-2012, 08:29 AM

hi

Howto install java and java browser plugin (iceweasel) on Wheezy?

I cannot find sun java in the repos:

Code:

# apt-cache search sun-java
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alan_ri · 02-08-2012, 09:41 AM

There's no sun-java in testing; http://packages.qa.debian.org/s/sun-...5T091708Z.html

You can get it from their web site and follow their instructions how to install it, or you can use pinning and install one from the stable non-free repo, then configure default Java; http://wiki.debian.org/Java/Sun

cccc · 02-08-2012, 10:10 AM

Thx, I've installed these squeeze packages:

Code:

# ls -la
total 35824
drwxr-xr-x  2 root   root       4096 Feb  8 14:41 .
drwxr-xr-x 37 wheezy wheezy     4096 Feb  8 14:47 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 root   root   30154572 Feb  8 14:36 sun-java6-bin_6.26-0squeeze1_i386.deb
-rw-r--r--  1 root   root    6512932 Feb  8 14:31 sun-java6-jre_6.26-0squeeze1_all.deb
-rw-r--r--  1 root   root       2012 Feb  8 14:39 sun-java6-plugin_6.26-0squeeze1_i386.deb

and it works well.

rokytnji · 02-08-2012, 10:18 AM

In case you want the latest java from Debian Sid. My /etc/apt/sources.list on my box looks like.

Code:

Repos:     Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list
           deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
           deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
           deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing main non-free
           deb http://apt.progchild.de stable main
           deb http://liquorix.net/debian/ sid main
           deb http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/liquorix.net/debian sid main
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jitsi.list
           deb http://download.jitsi.org/deb unstable/
harry@Biker:~$ java -version
java version "1.6.0_26"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_26-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 20.1-b02, mixed mode, sharing)

the script I run in terminal (it is a long one)

Code:

su -c 'echo "deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid main non-free">/etc/apt/sources.list.d/java.list && apt-get update && apt-get install -t unstable sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre sun-java6-fonts sun-java6-plugin && rm -f -r /etc/apt/sources.list.d/java.list'

If you get an error like:

Code:

E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room. Please increase the size of APT::Cache-Limit.

you can fix that by editing your /etc/apt/apt.conf file and increasing the value of the APT::Cache-Limit line to 75000000 then save that file and then re-run the command.

the whole readout on my box looks like

Code:

Ign http://download.jitsi.org unstable/ InRelease                              
Get:1 http://liquorix.net sid InRelease [6,708 B]                              
Hit http://download.jitsi.org unstable/ Release.gpg                            
Hit http://download.jitsi.org unstable/ Release                                
Get:2 http://liquorix.net sid/main i386 Packages [2,349 B]                     
Ign http://liquorix.net sid/main TranslationIndex                              
Hit http://download.jitsi.org unstable/ Packages                               
Get:3 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org sid InRelease [190 kB]                           
Get:4 http://ftp.belnet.be sid InRelease [6,708 B]                             
Hit http://apt.progchild.de stable InRelease                                   
Get:5 http://security.debian.org testing/updates InRelease [87.8 kB]           
Hit http://apt.progchild.de stable/main i386 Packages                          
Ign http://liquorix.net sid/main Translation-en_US                             
Get:6 http://ftp.us.debian.org testing InRelease [179 kB]                      
Ign http://liquorix.net sid/main Translation-en                                
Ign http://apt.progchild.de stable/main TranslationIndex                       
Ign http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing InRelease                         
Get:7 http://ftp.belnet.be sid/main i386 Packages [2,349 B]                    
Get:8 http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main i386 Packages [14 B]     
Get:9 http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing Release.gpg [198 B]             
Ign http://ftp.belnet.be sid/main TranslationIndex                             
Get:10 http://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib i386 Packages [14 B] 
Get:11 http://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free i386 Packages [14 B]
Ign http://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib TranslationIndex        
Ign http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main TranslationIndex           
Get:12 http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing Release [32.3 kB]              
Ign http://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free TranslationIndex       
Ign http://download.jitsi.org unstable/ Translation-en_US                      
Get:13 http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex [2,023 B]
Ign http://download.jitsi.org unstable/ Translation-en                         
Get:14 http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing/non-free i386 Packages/DiffIndex [2,023 B]
Get:15 http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing/main TranslationIndex [6 B]    
Ign http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing/non-free TranslationIndex         
Get:16 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org sid/main i386 Packages [5,705 kB]               
Get:17 http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex [2,038 B] 
Get:18 http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing/main i386 Packages [74.4 kB]   
Get:19 http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing/non-free i386 2012-01-22-1034.38.pdiff [1,610 B]
Get:20 http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing/non-free i386 2012-01-22-1034.38.pdiff [1,610 B]
Get:21 http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/contrib i386 Packages/DiffIndex [2,023 B]
Get:22 http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/non-free i386 Packages/DiffIndex [2,023 B]
Ign http://apt.progchild.de stable/main Translation-en_US                      
Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/contrib TranslationIndex                  
Get:23 http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main TranslationIndex [2,154 B]        
Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/non-free TranslationIndex                 
Get:24 http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main i386 Packages [5,464 kB]          
Ign http://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib Translation-en_US       
Ign http://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib Translation-en          
Ign http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Translation-en_US          
Ign http://apt.progchild.de stable/main Translation-en                         
Ign http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Translation-en             
Ign http://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free Translation-en_US      
Ign http://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free Translation-en         
Ign http://ftp.belnet.be sid/main Translation-en_US                            
Ign http://ftp.belnet.be sid/main Translation-en                               
Ign http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing/non-free Translation-en_US        
Ign http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing/non-free Translation-en           
Get:25 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org sid/non-free i386 Packages [78.4 kB]            
Get:26 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org sid/main TranslationIndex [2,154 B]             
Get:27 http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/contrib i386 Packages [40.8 kB]        
Get:28 http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/non-free i386 Packages [70.5 kB]       
Get:29 http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/contrib Translation-en [34.8 kB]       
Get:30 http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main Translation-en [3,724 kB]         
Get:31 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org sid/non-free TranslationIndex               
Ign ftp://ftp.us.debian.org sid/non-free TranslationIndex                      
Get:32 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org sid/main Translation-en [3,879 kB]              
Get:33 http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/non-free Translation-en [62.5 kB]      
Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/contrib Translation-en_US                 
Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/non-free Translation-en_US                
Get:34 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org sid/non-free Translation-en_US                  
Get:35 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org sid/non-free Translation-en [69.6 kB]           
Get:36 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org sid/non-free Translation-en_US                  
Get:37 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org sid/non-free Translation-en_US                  
Get:38 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org sid/non-free Translation-en_US                  
Get:39 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org sid/non-free Translation-en_US                  
Ign ftp://ftp.us.debian.org sid/non-free Translation-en_US                     
Fetched 19.7 MB in 1min 9s (283 kB/s)                                          
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
sun-java6-fonts is already the newest version.
sun-java6-jre is already the newest version.
sun-java6-bin is already the newest version.
sun-java6-plugin is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 444 not upgraded.
harry@Biker:~$

Like I said. Just for info in case you are interested.

cccc · 02-08-2012, 10:23 AM

Yep, that's really interesting, thx a lot!

gradinaruvasile · 02-08-2012, 11:42 AM

The official Java runtime in Debian (in fact all distros, because Oracle removed the free license) is OpenJDk. The browser plugin that goes with it is icedtea-plugin.

craigevil · 02-08-2012, 12:59 PM

If you are running stable you can install sun-java6-plugin.

If you are on testing or sid do:
apt-get install openjdk-6-jre icedtea-plugin

Or feel free to search the forum or Google for how to install Oracle Java.

Some more info :
New work on java-package : http://lists.debian.org/debian-java/.../msg00000.html
Debian User Forums • View topic - Info: Removal of sun-java6 from the archive : http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=73650
Debian User Forums • View topic - [SOLVED] sun-java6-jdk has been removed from wheezy? : http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=71969

Removal of sun-java6 from Debian - http://sylvestre.ledru.info/blog/syl...a6_from_debian

Quote:

As said in one of my previous blog post, we, Debian, were going to remove sun-java6 packages from the archive once critical security issues would come. It was supposed to happen sooner and later and here we are. The version 29 (see the #645881 Debian bug) of the Oracle proprietary JVM has been released. It fixes some critical issues but, because of the DLJ removal, Debian is no longer able to distribute it.

Unfortunately, we have no other choice than asking for a removal from the archive and promote the use of the openjdk 6 & 7.
The conclusion is:
apt-get --purge remove sun-java6-jre && apt-get install openjdk-7-jre

$ apt-cache policy icedtea-plugin
icedtea-plugin:
Installed: 1.1.3-2
Candidate: 1.1.3-2
Version table:
*** 1.1.3-2 0
500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
$ java -version
java version "1.7.0_147-icedtea"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea7 2.0) (7~b147-2.0-1)
OpenJDK Client VM (build 21.0-b17, mixed mode, sharing)

EDDY1 · 02-08-2012, 01:34 PM

The Oracle java jre 7 works well.
If you have Google chrome on your system it'll complain about missing plugin with jre 6.

gradinaruvasile · 02-09-2012, 12:42 AM

Be careful with openjdk 7. Some java apps run only with 6 series java.

cccc · 03-04-2012, 12:26 PM

Thx to Oracle, it seems to be a big java jungle!

craigevil · 03-04-2012, 04:11 PM

java-package is back in Debian sid.

apt-get install java-package
download the .bin from Oracle
as root make-jpkg <java-binary-package-name>.bin
dpkg -i <created-package-name>.deb

Then symlink the plugin to the Mozilla/Firefox directory

as root do:
cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/j2re1.6-oracle/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so

Check Iceweasel/Firefox/Chrome etc that the plugin is installed.
about:plugins should show:

Quote:

Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0_31

File: /usr/lib/jvm/j2re1.6-oracle/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so

Update java alternatives so you are using Oracle's Java:
update-alternatives --config java

It should show something like:

Code:

# update-alternatives --config java
There are 2 choices for the alternative java (providing /usr/bin/java).

  Selection    Path                                           Priority   Status
------------------------------------------------------------
* 0            /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-i386/jre/bin/java   1061      auto mode
  1            /usr/lib/jvm/j2re1.6-oracle/bin/java            314       manual mode
  2            /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-i386/jre/bin/java   1061      manual mode

Press enter to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number: 1
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/j2re1.6-oracle/bin/java to provide /usr/bin/java (java) in manual mode.