Install JRE in 10.10

[dz93]

I've tried every tutorial out there and cant install JRE on my VPS. Can someone please help me.

[wojox]

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner";apt-get update -y;apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts

No go?

[dz93]

It worked. Will this also work under 10.04? Im installing minecraft but the hMod wont install on 10.10 however on a friends server (10.04) it installed fine. So will that code work for 10.04 ubuntu?

[wojox]

Actually that code is for 10.04 (Lucid).

Change it to maverick for 10.10.

[dz93]

Okay sorry for all the changes. This will be final. I need help installing JRE on 9.04. I had to switch VPS providers because the one I had was just awful in support and reliability. So my new one only offers Ubuntu 9.04 64bit. Well it offers other versions but 9.04 is the latest on there. So once and for a all can someone provide me with the command to install JRE on 9.04? Thanks so much.

[wojox]

You had better switch providers again. Ubuntu 9.04 64bit is EOL and not supported anymore.

[dz93]

What about 9.10?

[wojox]

What about 9.10?

Sure

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ karmic partner";apt-get update -y;apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts

[dz93]

Okay so I tried 9.10 using the command above and 10.04 using the very first command. However each time I get this.

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner";apt-get update -y;apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts
sudo: add-apt-repository: command not found
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release.gpg [189B]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release.gpg [198B]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release.gpg [198B]
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release [57.2kB]
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release [44.7kB]
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release [38.5kB]
Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages [1383kB]
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Packages [6193B]
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Packages [5430kB]
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Packages [425kB]
Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Packages [3267B]
Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Packages [175kB]
Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Packages [119kB]
Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Packages [14B]
Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Packages [54.4kB]
Fetched 7736kB in 26s (291kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Package sun-java6-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-java6-jre has no installation candidate

[wojox]

Okay then we need to edit sources.list manually.

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

And add to the bottom:

For 9.10

deb http://archive.canonical.com/ karmic partner

For 10.04

deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner

If you not familiar with nano, Ctrl+O saves and Ctrl+X exits.

Now try:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts

Sorry I gave you commands for the Desktop version.