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laurieturpin
September 12th, 2011, 09:38 PM
Hello

I'm running unbuntu 11.04 and I'm trying to install the sun java runtime enviroment.

What I have done so far is:

I have gone into the Ubuntu Software Centre and
Then selected other software
Then added ppa:ferramroberto/java
This then gave me an option to install the java runtime enviroment
Acccording to the Ubuntu Software Centre it all installed ok

The problem is though when I try to use a java application in my web browser(Chrome) it tells me the java pluggin is missing!!!

How can I get java jre to run in Chrome?

Thanking you in anticipation.:)

Toz
September 12th, 2011, 11:48 PM
Make sure that you've also installed the sun-java6-plugin package.

Reference Link: http://www.webupd8.org/2011/03/install-java-in-ubuntu-1104-natty.html

laurieturpin
September 13th, 2011, 11:47 AM
Thank you Toz

A message came back that not all of it is there, but it seems to run browser.:)

TBABill
September 13th, 2011, 01:04 PM
That was a very old article. The proper way would be to enable the partner repo in your software sources list and then mark sun java for installation, then apply. I believe if you just mark the plugin it'll pull in the rest as dependencies.

laurieturpin
October 2nd, 2011, 08:35 PM
The problem seemed to resolve itself after I updated.
Java runtime now works fine.
Thanks for you help everyone:P