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Thread: Where can I get the Sun Java 5 packages?

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    Where can I get the Sun Java 5 packages?

    I would like to install the Sun Java 5 plugins, not version 6--I'm currently having trouble getting the Facebook uploader to work in Firefox 3.5.6 and I read a post on this forum where a user fixed the problem by installing Java 5 instead of Java 6. However, when I run
    sudo apt-get install sun-java5-jre sun-java5-plugin
    the packages aren't found.

    Is there a place where I can find these? Do I need to download the JRE v5.0 and Java plugin v1.1.3_005 that are on this page?

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    Re: Where can I get the Sun Java 5 packages?

    I believe the only thing you need to write in the terminal is
    Code:
    sudo apt-get install sun-java5-jre
    Anyways, better do
    Code:
    sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
    That installs everything, flash, java, (mp3, avi, mkv, mp4, etc..)



    PS: I'm not having problems with the photo uploader...
    Last edited by rtyb; December 28th, 2009 at 05:31 AM.

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    Re: Where can I get the Sun Java 5 packages?

    Sorry, I should have mentioned that I tried that. I get this error:

    Package sun-java5-jre is not available, but is referred to by another package.
    This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
    is only available from another source
    E: Package sun-java5-jre has no installation candidate
    Is there a way to diagnose why I might be having trouble with the uploader? I posted a question here asking about the problem but haven't found a solution to it. If it's a network issue wouldn't it be affecting my roommates as well?

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