Installing Java on Debian
 

Hi,

I´m very new to Linux and especially Debian.

I am trying to install Java on my system, using the tutorial given HERE.
In short, the procedure is to install the package "java-package", download the java bin file from sun, then build a .deb file.

But this last step of building the deb file doesn´t run for me.

The order I´m using is:
fakeroot make-jpkg jdk-6u12-linux-x64.bin

Which results in the following message:
What I´m reading from the error message is that the Java version I´m trying to install doesn´t fit for my system.

The processor used in the machine is an AMD64. So I´ve been trying to install the 64Bit Version of Java.

I tried to google for this problem, but to no avail.

Can anybody point me to a possible source of the problem, or to a way to get a more detailed error message?

Thanks in advace.

Best Regards
Majiy

I'm not sure why you want to use those particular instructions.

If you just want to get sun's jvm then go here:
https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP...-CDS_Developer

Select Linux x64, agree to the license, and continue.

From there, just download the .bin file. It is an executable. Just run it as root and it will guide you through the installation.

Thank you very much, it worked without problems now :)

You're welcome :)