How can I install SUN Java 1.4 on Ubuntu LTS?

[wq7278]

Hi,
I installed Jre 1.5. it is easy. But for some reason I need to install Sun's jdk 1.4.2
(a software dev requirement.)
Is there a way to install it on Ubuntu LTS?

Regards,
wq7278

[bieber]

I wouldn't do it myself (Sun's Java is proprietary, if at all possible, try using the GNU Java compiler instead), but I think you can get it by enabling the multiverse repository in Synaptic.

[ynef]

I wouldn't do it myself (Sun's Java is proprietary, if at all possible, try using the GNU Java compiler instead), but I think you can get it by enabling the multiverse repository in Synaptic.
If it's not availiable in the repositories, you can always do it the old fashioned way: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/142

Of course, you'll have to download the correct version of Java you need, and thus the commands will be a bit different concerning version numbers, but you get the idea.

[Gustav]

There is the Blackdown java 1.4.

It's the package j2sdk1.4