I need some Guidence here....

[mattcadu]

Well here is the problem. I visited java.com to upgrade my computers java. Anyway the current java download for linux was downloaded and is sitting on my desktop. The name of the files is jre-6u7-linux-i586-rpm.bin

/home/mcadu/Desktop/jre-6u7-linux-i586-rpm.bin

I have tried finding this file in add/remove , and the package manager. I cant seem to install it, how do i use the terminal, can somebody walk me thru exactly what to type to install this file? Any help is appreciated.,


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matt

[forger]

How about going to menu Applications > Accessories > Terminal and executing:


sudo apt-get install --reinstall sun-java6-jre sun-java6-bin


If you want all the "restricted goodies", like flash java and codecs, you can use:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

[mattcadu]

ok, cool that seemed to work, now.... another file i have on my desktop i need to install is


/home/mcadu/Desktop/frostwire-4.17.0.i586.deb


same thing here as the last one but frostwire-4.17.0.i586.deb?

[forger]

No, there's a simpler way, you double click on the file, it opens an installer window :)