Java Help

[red_spyder]

Hello, I've installed java on earlier ubuntu OS's before, but I can't quite tell what is wrong now.
I've installed java on my current operating system (9.04) so when I type


java -version

it gives me 1.6.0_0
And i have java enabled under firefox preferences, but I still can't seem to run it on programs online (i.e. Runescape)
Has anyone had this problem?

- Thanks

[stlsaint]

have you tried installing via synap package manager?

[red_spyder]

Yes, I downloaded the .deb package from the java website and installed it that way

[tuxxy]

Java is included with the package ubuntu-restricted-extras along with Flash, codecs etc its a gereat package to install on a clean system :D


sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

[red_spyder]

I'm still getting an error for Java. It tells me that it seems like Java is not installed on my computer.

[red_spyder]

Actaully it was NOT a .deb file, it was a .bin file.

[grturner]

sometimes you have to actually tell ubuntu what java to use, since typically you have more than one type of java installed.

see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java

[red_spyder]

I've followed those steps before, that was what I used after I installed the .bin file.

[grturner]

then i would look for command line arguments to pass a variable to the runescape client pointing to the directory of the java bin folder

[red_spyder]

Well I will keep tinkering with it. Thank You all