Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6

[yopnono]

It's out now:
Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6

http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

[K.Mandla]

I wonder if -- or when -- it will hit the repositories?

[hanzomon4]

How do you install with out the .deb, Also will this java make java apps "faster" the current one drags *** with apps like azureus

[kuja]

hanzomon4:

Download the .bin file to your home folder, then, pull up the ever-handy shell:

chmod +x j??-6-linux-*.bin
sudo ./j??-6-linux-*.bin
sudo cp j??1.6.0 /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-sun
sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/java" "java" "/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-sun/jre/bin/java" 1
sudo update-alternatives --set java /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-sun/jre/bin/java

I'd think that would be copy and pastable. I'd think, what a silly thing to do.

[Polygon]

i cant wait until java comes preinstalled in ubuntu and other distros now that it is open sourced

but this will hold me over for now

[Boris2]

i cant wait until java comes preinstalled in ubuntu and other distros now that it is open sourced

AFAIK java 6 isn't open sourced, the opened the java 7 tree.

Anyway, as long as some important parts are missing (I'm thinking of the whole classpath) it would be senseless to include the opened java.

So I think it'll take a long time for open source java to hit the repos.

Edit: I used this to install it. Worked great with the correct filename.

[GarethMB]

It'd be nice if someone who's done this can write a shell script

[Kimm]

Does anyone experiance any performance gain using Java 6?

[Boris2]

Does anyone experiance any performance gain using Java 6?

I havenät tested, but there should be, because HotSpot was signifantly improved:
http://weblogs.java.net/blog/opinali..._hotspo_1.html

It'd be nice if someone who's done this can write a shell script

Download this patch. (No guarantee for this to work, use at your own risk)

cd /usr/share/java-package/
sudo patch -p 1 </path/to/java-package_mustang.txt
cd
fakeroot make-jpkg jdk-6-linux-i586.bin
sudo dpkg -i sun-j2sdk6.0_6.0.0_i386.deb
sudo update-alternatives --config java
sudo update-alternatives --config javac
sudo update-alternatives --config jar
# etc

[fede]

Following Kuja's procedure, I did some minor changes to the steps in his code that didn't work for me. This is the code that I used:

chmod +x j??-6-linux-*.bin
sudo ./j??-6-linux-*.bin
sudo mkdir /usr/lib/jvm
sudo mkdir /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-sun
sudo cp j??1.6.0 /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-sun/jre -r
sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/java" "java" "/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-sun/jre/bin/java" 1
sudo update-alternatives --set java /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-sun/jre/bin/java
java -version

You will have to accept sun's license.
This worked fine in a clean Edgy install. Thanks Kuja for your help!