HOW-TO: Building your own Java 1.5 package

[humanity_to_others]

This How-to is based on that and that thread and this page

Download JRE 5.0 Update 6

sudo apt-get install fakeroot java-package java-common
fakeroot make-jpkg jre-1_5_0_06-linux-i586.bin
sudo dpkg -i sun-j2re1.5_1.5.0+update06_i386.deb
sudo update-alternatives --config java
java -version

java version "1.5.0_06"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_06-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_06-b05, mixed mode, sharing)

You can try java at this page

It's important to notice I was presented with the following question when I executed the update-alternatives command line (I installed j2sdk):

There are 3 alternatives which provide `java'.

  Selection    Alternative
-----------------------------------------------
      1        /usr/bin/gij-wrapper-4.0
*+    2        /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/bin/java
      3        /usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-sun/bin/java

The user should select the one that has the word SUN on it. In my case, number 3. Good luck.

Thanks for your effort, but you should know this information is already available on the wiki.

graphfixpunk,
The java-package package is located in the multiverse section on Ubuntu, which is by default not present (not active at least) in one's sources.list
So edit your /etc/apt/sources.list, add the multiverse section (or just uncomment the commented-away lines specifying them) and then run apt-get update

And it is unnecessary to explicitly specify fakeroot and java-common to be installed because:
- fakeroot is a dependency of java-package and will thus be installed when installing java-package
- java-common is provided by the package that is generated by make-jpkg.

For highly detailed installation instructions see the instructions I have written:
Ubuntu Java JRE/JDK installation with java-package - this is essentially mentioned already in the initial post of this thread yes, but I have now created separate instructions for Ubuntu as it was a bit cluttered to maintain both Debian and Ubuntu instructions in the same document.

And non-repo way howto: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=76754

[geearf]

thanks for this howto, very usefull I think.

[RastaMahata]

great howto. The easiest java install so far

[RastaMahata]

It's important to notice I was presented with the following question when I executed the update-alternatives command line (I installed j2sdk):

There are 3 alternatives which provide `java'.

  Selection    Alternative
-----------------------------------------------
      1        /usr/bin/gij-wrapper-4.0
*+    2        /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/bin/java
      3        /usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-sun/bin/java

The user should select the one that has the word SUN on it. In my case, number 3. Good luck.

[Samuel]

thankyou, worked a charm

[Joey French]

Awesome. Worked like a charm!

[garnertr]

All that I can say is THANK YOU SO MUCH. I've been tearing my head out trying to get JAVA installed and you did it thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

Book-marked this page for future reference...

[m9dhatter]

i cant seem to find the java-package debs... where do i find it?

nevermind. i added multiverse to my sources.lst

[Roybotnik]

Thanks for this guide. Easiest java install I would have to say.

[squibbon]

done everything but when i...

eric@UbuntuHR3:~/Desktop$ java -version
Error occurred during initialization of VM
java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Object

BUT NOW i can run LimeWire. What happen? =)