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cant install java

Asked by dave hawkins

I am using a disc that I burned and everything is great when I boot , when I go to a program that needs Java , I download the way it says to on the firefox browser , when I want to open it I keep getting a message that says something about not being able to open and then I try to open from the desktop as this is where its downloaded to , but I keep getting an error message , what am I to do ? ,
Hawkman

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Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto) said : 		#1

I understand you are using the LiveCD: you can't install additional programs with the LiveCD.
Telling us also the error message (not just that you get one) would also give us some clues.

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#2

Yes... What are you trying to do exactly...? Could you please give us more info on the errors....?

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Bernie_fromMIami (berniejd1) said : 		#3

I have exactly the same problem as Hawkman. I'm using Linux Ubuntu (Feisty Fawn) and Mozila Firefox 2.0.0.6. Any of the several Sun JRE options for Linux you download gives the same message. Example... downloaded to the desktop file "jre-6-linux-i586.bin" (18.09 MB). When double-clicked to open the message reads:
Could not open the file /home/bernie/Desktop/jre-6-linux-i586.bin.
gedit has not been able to detect the character coding. Please check that you are not trying to open a binary file. Select a character coding from the menu and try again.

Tried... UTF-8
Could not open the file /home/bernie/Desktop/jre-6-linux-i586.bin using the Unicode (UTF-8) character coding. Please check that you are not trying to open a binary file. Select a different character coding from the menu and try again.

Tried Western (ISO-8859-15)
Could not open the file /home/bernie/Desktop/jre-6-linux-i586.bin using the Western (ISO-8859-15) character coding. Please check that you are not trying to open a binary file. Select a different character coding from the menu and try again.

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Bernie_fromMIami (berniejd1) said : 		#4

Obviously, a binary file cannot be opened by just double-clicking the downloaded file icon. What should we do then?

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Best Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#5

ok java jre is included in the ubuntu repositories.. try executing sudo apt-get install sun-java6-bin in a terminal and you can refer this article,
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java
Hope it helps,

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dave hawkins (davethehawk) said : 		#6

Thank You everyone for the great help you all gave me ,
Without friendly people like yourself,s then I guess we would be stuck with what we get and we would not be able to explore the GREAT BIG WORLD out there,
Again Thank You ,
Hawkman ;0) ;0) ;0)

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#7

No mention....:) glad that i can help someone out...:)

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Bernie_fromMIami (berniejd1) said : 		#8

Bhavani... you da' man!!!
You lit the fuse to find the answer. Thanks for the help.
Bernie

On 8/6/07, Bhavani Shankar <email address hidden> wrote:
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> Question #11015 on Ubuntu changed:
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> Bhavani Shankar proposed the following answer:
> ok java jre is included in the ubuntu repositories.. try executing sudo
> apt-get install sun-java6-bin in a terminal and you can refer this article,
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java
> Hope it helps,
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Bernie_fromMIami (berniejd1) said : 		#9

I'm just posting what I did in Ubuntu 7.04 to 'activate' Java JRE . As Bhavani suggested, Java is included in the Ubuntu repositories. It's only a matter of finding where it is and activating it. Java for Firefox is sun-java6-plugin. Go to SYSTEM>ADMINITRATION>SYNAPTIC PACKAGE MANAGER and search keyword "java". From the list look for the "sun-java6-plugin". Right-click and select "mark for installation". Click "apply" and voila!. Again, thanks Bhavani for the push!

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drodgers99 (drodgers99) said : 		#10

Thank you to who asked this question and thank you for the answer. I had same issue.

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louann39p (louisaroper) said : 		#11

i just got the ubuntu and i havnt been able to install nothing i tried java i went to package manament and done that i checked to make sure it was installed in the add and removed it was checked. i cant do adobe reader are any of the adobe`s the flash one . i tried to go to msn to play a game no it wants adobe flash and internet explorer i`ve restarted after everything to see if it would work nothing. i`m not having any luck with this programm can someone please HELP me

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Bernie_fromMIami (berniejd1) said : 		#12

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