Can't Install Java - Please Help

[iaskedalice09]

Hey there!

First off, I want to say I am impressed - very - by Ubuntu. I have only been using the Live CD for a few days and it's so easy and such a pleasure to use!

However, I have a problem install sun-java5 and 6-jre and sun-java 5/6-bin both using the Terminal and Synaptic Package Interface. The packages both have errors and I suck at Terminal type apps except Lynx.

I type in sudo get-apt sun-java5-jre.bin and there's an error. With downloaded software it's impossible, I can't understand it at all. Should I download program in folder where I install it? I don't know. I tried googling how to install ubuntu apps and the directions confused me. *sigh*

So if someone help me could I would be SO grateful.

ALSO - I can't get videos in VLC. Codecs, I did download but no luck! Same with the default. So what should I do?

Thank you so much!
-bobby
P.S. - I am sorry if my English is bad. I am oral Deaf and my English gets bad when I'm tired.

ETA: It's now just the jre bin that not work.

ETA 2 - got everything figured out, just want to find out what happened with bin?

And how to install a new game thats not on the database like hearts or something? folder which?

[Yoke & Chung]

Welcome to Ubuntu

You do not need to tyep the ".bin" extension if you are using app-get command in the terminal.

Type this in your terminal:

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts

It should do the trick.

Installing Ubuntu applications is different from Windows, you do occasionally download ".deb" extension file and double click it like in Windows for the installation, but most of the time you will probably do it via Synaptics or apt-get.

Using Synaptics and apt-get will install the files automatically, and you will not see a installer program for the application as in Windows.

Try to stick to Synaptics/ apt-get and ".deb" installation method for now, as you progress and learn more about Linux, you will be more confident to tackle ".bin", ".rpm", or compiling from source.

[hyper_ch]

sudo get-apt sun-java5-jre.bin

Well, that's not the name of the package....

search for the proper name:

apt-cache search sun-java5

[ForksHolder]

For the Java thing, Try to download it from here and if you will go to the bottom of the page, there will be instractions there.

For the video thing, I would recogmend on Mplayer.
See this to install with all the codecs:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=558538


Good luck. =]

[hyper_ch]

why do you point to another site for downloading it when it's in the repos?

[tinny]

why do you point to another site for downloading it when it's in the repos?

Yeah, go with the repos.

Use the Sun version of Java and not the OpenJDK (its really not ready yet).

I use Sun Java 6 and its just fine.

Go to Add / Remove applications, select "Show: All available applications", then search for "sun". You should then get "Sun Java 6 Runtime" near the top of the search results list. Select it and install.

(No command line required )

As for the Java browser plug in. If you navigate to a website that uses Java the browser will prompt you to install the plugin.

Like this one.
http://www.w3.org/People/mimasa/test/object/java/clock

Just remember to restart the browser after the plug in install

[iaskedalice09]

I'm still stuck on how to install apps that are downloads. What should I do?

[iaskedalice09]

Oh, and thanks so much for all your help!

[RomeReactor]

Hi. Is there a particular reason you want Java 5 instead of 6? Do you have Ubuntu 32 bit, or 64? What error messages do you get? Try:

sudo aptitude install sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts

If you get errors, please post them.

[avtolle]

Clarification, please; you posted that you had been running from the Live CD for a few days. Are you still running from the Live CD, or have you installed the o/s on your HDD? If running from the Live CD, any downloaded application will be in the RAM only, and once the computer is shut down/restarted, it will not be there.