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install java on Wheezy

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

#

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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)

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

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

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

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.

BTW has someone tried to install openjdk-6-jre or openjdk-7-jre on Wheezy?

Code:

# apt-cache search openjdk

java-package - Utility for creating Java Debian packages

freemind - Java Program for creating and viewing Mindmaps

icedtea-6-plugin - web browser plugin based on OpenJDK and IcedTea to execute Java applets

icedtea-7-plugin - web browser plugin based on OpenJDK and IcedTea to execute Java applets

default-jdk - Standard Java or Java compatible Development Kit

default-jdk-doc - Standard Java or Java compatible Development Kit (documentation)

default-jre - Standard Java or Java compatible Runtime

default-jre-headless - Standard Java or Java compatible Runtime (headless)

jtreg - Regression Test Harness for the OpenJDK platform

libreoffice - office productivity suite

icedtea-6-jre-cacao - Alternative JVM for OpenJDK, using Cacao

icedtea-6-jre-jamvm - Alternative JVM for OpenJDK, using JamVM

openjdk-6-dbg - Java runtime based on OpenJDK (debugging symbols)

openjdk-6-demo - Java runtime based on OpenJDK (demos and examples)

openjdk-6-doc - OpenJDK Development Kit (JDK) documentation

openjdk-6-jdk - OpenJDK Development Kit (JDK)

openjdk-6-jre - OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot JIT

openjdk-6-jre-headless - OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot JIT (headless)

openjdk-6-jre-lib - OpenJDK Java runtime (architecture independent libraries)

openjdk-6-jre-zero - Alternative JVM for OpenJDK, using Zero/Shark

openjdk-6-source - OpenJDK Development Kit (JDK) source files

icedtea-7-jre-cacao - Alternative JVM for OpenJDK, using Cacao

icedtea-7-jre-jamvm - Alternative JVM for OpenJDK, using JamVM

openjdk-7-dbg - Java runtime based on OpenJDK (debugging symbols)

openjdk-7-demo - Java runtime based on OpenJDK (demos and examples)

openjdk-7-doc - OpenJDK Development Kit (JDK) documentation

openjdk-7-jdk - OpenJDK Development Kit (JDK)

openjdk-7-jre - OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot JIT

openjdk-7-jre-headless - OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot JIT (headless)

openjdk-7-jre-lib - OpenJDK Java runtime (architecture independent libraries)

openjdk-7-jre-zero - Alternative JVM for OpenJDK, using Zero/Shark

openjdk-7-source - OpenJDK Development Kit (JDK) source files

uwsgi-app-integration-plugins - plugins for integration of uWSGI and application

uwsgi-plugin-jvm-openjdk-6 - Java plugin for uWSGI (OpenJDK 6)

uwsgi-plugin-jwsgi-openjdk-6 - JWSGI plugin for uWSGI (OpenJDK 6)

I stick with the Oracle java which has to be updated manually.
I update when I can't play yahoo games.

$ java -version
java version "1.7.0_09"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_09-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 23.5-b02, mixed mode)

$ apt-cache policy oracle-j2re1.7
oracle-j2re1.7:
Installed: 1.7.0+update9
Candidate: 1.7.0+update9

I stopped using Openjdk close to a year ago, back when Openjdk7 wanted to pull in half of Gnome.

Quote:

I stopped using Openjdk close to a year ago, back when Openjdk7 wanted to pull in half of Gnome.

Yeah, I know what you mean.

Code:

# apt-get install openjdk-7-jre

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree      

Reading state information... Done

The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:

  libatasmart4 libdevmapper-event1.02.1 liblvm2app2.2 libqt4-gui libsgutils2-2

Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.

The following extra packages will be installed:

  ca-certificates-java java-common libatk-wrapper-java-jni

  openjdk-7-jre-headless openjdk-7-jre-lib tzdata-java

Suggested packages:

  default-jre equivs icedtea-7-plugin libnss-mdns sun-java6-fonts

  fonts-ipafont-gothic fonts-ipafont-mincho ttf-wqy-microhei ttf-wqy-zenhei

  ttf-indic-fonts

Recommended packages:

  libgnome2-0 libgnomevfs2-0 ttf-dejavu-extra icedtea-7-jre-cacao

  icedtea-7-jre-jamvm

The following NEW packages will be installed:

  ca-certificates-java java-common libatk-wrapper-java-jni openjdk-7-jre

  openjdk-7-jre-headless openjdk-7-jre-lib tzdata-java

0 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 24 not upgraded.

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