Java install

[DeathByChocolate]

Can I install Java? I downloaded the Linux "RPM self-extracting file". Is that OK on Ubuntu?

After "sudo ./jre-6u11-linux-i586-rpm.bin" I get the extracted jre-6u11-linux-i586-rpm file, and a message saying "rpm: not found".

Subsequent steps like "sudo ./rpm -lv jre-6u11-linux-i586-rpm" fail because rpm cannot be found.

[Duck2006]

I found from the terminal installing

sudo aptitude install ubuntu-restricted-extras

was the easy way to install java.

[m_l17]

Or follow the instructions on this thread:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=766683

[gandaran]

Can I install Java? I downloaded the Linux "RPM self-extracting file". Is that OK on Ubuntu?

After "sudo ./jre-6u11-linux-i586-rpm.bin" I get the extracted jre-6u11-linux-i586-rpm file, and a message saying "rpm: not found".

Subsequent steps like "sudo ./rpm -lv jre-6u11-linux-i586-rpm" fail because rpm cannot be found.
rpm's don't install in debian systens (ubuntu), to install java use the repositories, open synaptic, scroll down to sun-java6-plugin mark for install and hit the apply button, thats all, it'll install all necessary java packages,

[Duck2006]

And there is this that may help with the *.rpm file.

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/installingsoftware#lastresorts

[Paqman]

+1 for ubuntu-restricted-extras

You can't normally install .rpm's on Ubuntu. They're designed for Red Hat-based distros. Ubuntu is based on Debian, so uses .deb's

[dragos_iliescu_2005]

Best way, use synaptic. Select sun-java6-jre. Dependencies will be installed too.